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Swiss Politics - Blocher is (perhaps) out

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  • 12-12-2007 11:15am
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    bonkey
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    Despite gaining ground in teh recent elections, the SVP seem to be about to get a bit of a shock.

    It looks like pretty-much everyone has united together to ensure that their 'wunderkind' Christoph Blocher will not get re-elected to the Bundesrat - the 'top 7'.

    SVP - who interestingly were the ones up to now driving this more aggressive type of political manouevering - will possibly thrown their toys out of the pram as a result, which could lead to some very interesting times ahead in Swiss politics.


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    mike65
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    The rest of the world reacts

    Mike.


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    bonkey
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    Yeah - pretty much what I expected, Mike.

    What's interesting is that when the Swiss held their general elections in 2003 and again this year, the world didn't go zzzzz. Rather, there were big articles in papers and threads and comments in various political fora (this one included) about how Switzerland was moving dangerously to the right. Blocher and his party were held up as the poster-boys of this shift.

    When the Swiss then show that its not all that cut and dried, and that the left-and-center are not only stronger than the right, but are being more and more cooperative to limit the effects of this move...and that they've little time for Blocher and that they're willing to play the game the SVP started.....we get a stunning silence and some lolcats pics.


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    mike65
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    Sorry! :o

    The machinations of Swiss politics are as about a "planet tilting" as those here, as viewed from Bern.


    Mike.


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