Switzerland rejects hard right push for stricter definition of neutrality
- Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to adopt a more restrictive form of neutrality, championed by the hard right, which would have blocked their country from cooperating with NATO or impose sanctions.
- Issued on: 28/09/2026 - 07:29 1 min Reading time Voters rejected by 70.1 percent a proposal to enshrine a definition of neutrality in the Swiss constitution that was put forward in a referendum Sunday.
- "This result is not a vote against neutrality.
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- Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to adopt a more restrictive form of neutrality, championed by the hard right, which would have blocked their country from cooperating with NATO or impose sanctions.
- Issued on: 28/09/2026 - 07:29 1 min Reading time Voters rejected by 70.1 percent a proposal to enshrine a definition of neutrality in the Swiss constitution that was put forward in a referendum Sunday.
- "This result is not a vote against neutrality.
Sources: RFI