Geopolitik: Hochrechnung – Schweiz stimmt gegen striktere Neutralität
SRF-Prognosen zufolge stimmten 71 Prozent gegen die Initiative. Diese wurde von der rechtskonservativen Schweizerischen Volkspartei (SVP) um den Politiker Christoph Blocher ins Leben gerufen.
On Sunday, Swiss voters are likely to reject an initiative aimed at imposing stricter limits on the country's traditional neutrality, according to SRF forecasts. The poll stood at 71% against the so-called Neutrality Initiative, compared to 29% in favor. The proposal would have banned the adoption of economic sanctions and cooperation with military alliances such as NATO from the constitution.
The Swiss government and most political parties had opposed the plan. Surveys suggested defeat was inevitable. The initiative was launched by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) under influential politician Christoph Blocher, who personally invested nearly four million Swiss francs in the campaign. The push came after Switzerland decided to follow the European Union's sanctions against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Blocher argued that this jeopardizes the country's neutral status, insisting that Swiss neutrality must be constant, armed, and comprehensive to remain credible, he said before the vote.
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