yep, its official: 28% of the swiss voters hate foreigners..

as you put it: the NAZI's have come to town..
(see my blog entry, or the thread in the ((neuropean)) tribe,


the SVP have gained 9 seats of the Bundesparlament of (ca) 140 seats.. further increasing their majority of the recent 4 years!!

what is worse, their campaign tactics were : no policy, just mud slinging.. and riding the point about foreigners being to blame for crime and social problems..- their campaign fliers contained no political promises, other than putting a ban on foreign immigrants.., and highlighting crime rates etc..
Now they are ttrying to get hold of the environment presidency, or the social one, where they hope to make big savings (i.e. invest in the short term power solutions like nuclear, or cutting the IV and AHV payments..)- its shocking...

On a positive note: the green party has gained power too, standing now by 9,5 seats in parliament,- and several Ständeräte (responsible for a Canton) that have been elected are Green.


What has gone missing is the middle of the road.. those parties have all shrunk.

In my humble opinion have the SVP deliberately infiltrated antagonists in a campaign march just a couple of weeks before elections, where left wingers were expected to peacefully campaign against SVP's anti foreigners campaign..- and the march was hijacked by vandals and rioters who set fires and threw stones etc.. which of course was exploited to make it seem like the political left was just a bunch of rioters..
I am sure this was an orchestrated affair, and yet again caused the fearful citisen to vote right wing, since the campaign posters promised them that the SVP will "make Safe" their threatened country..
A tactic that has worked so well in the US..

When will people stop letting themselves being deliberately frightened!!-

There are few countries so safe as Switzerland.. it is ridiculous..
and as for trying to make savings in AHV (pensions)/IV(Invalidity Benefits),- this is also one of the richest countries in the world.. so why save where the people are needy???

The stupidity is unbelievable..
Cheap Insurance salesman tactics running a population..

It's not only politics, but news in general: www.swissinfo.ch/

And what happened in december kind of balanced this whole october election thing.

And to have accurate info on polls and text laws, I go to the source: www.parlament.ch/