Chiesa sees democracy and independence at risk
Published: Saturday, Jan 27th 2024, 11:10
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SVP President Marco Chiesa has once again spoken out against any institutional ties between Switzerland and the EU. This would bury direct democracy and lead to further immigration.
Speaking to party delegates in Bürglen UR on Saturday, the Ticino Council of States described the upcoming new negotiations between Switzerland and the European Union as "window dressing". The people are being taken for fools, he said, because the new negotiating mandate is just "old wine in new bottles".
With an institutional link, Switzerland would have to "bury its independence and direct democracy", as the right of referendum would then reach its limits, said Chiesa. Immigration would also continue to increase. "They want to disempower them, ladies and gentlemen".
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