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The right-wing Swiss People's Party wins the most votes ever recorded in a Swiss general election.
The right-wing Swiss People's Party increases its lead in parliament, according to voting projections.
by Sonja Bonin
People who vote(d) for the Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP) probably consider it "civic" or simply conservative. But the international press (from the UK to South Africa to Israel to the U.S.) calls it what it is: "nationalist", "right-wing", "rightist", "far-right" or "anti-immigrant". In national elections yesterday, the SVP received almost 29 % of all votes, gaining seven more seats in the Swiss parliament (according to projections). It has therewith established itself once more as the country's largest political group. The result came after an aggressive election campaign that many observers consider blatantly racist. One of the SVP's infamous, posters showed a black sheep being kicked from a Swiss flag by three white sheep; another one black hands grabbing Swiss passports. According to African News Switzerland The party was once ordered by a judge to remove a campaign video from its website: Footage had shown staged scenes of youth violence and pictures of foreigners juxtaposed with picture-postcard scenes of Switzerland, along with the message: “Heaven and Hell”.
by warauduati
My neighbours vote on Sunday: Parliamentary Elections 2007 in Switzerland. Here alarming capaign posters by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP):
Schweizerische Volkspartei (SVP) - Swiss People’s Party (official website)
The liberal, pro-EU Civic Platform is heading for a dramatic victory in Poland's general election.
Opposition leader Donald Tusk has scored a victory in Poland's parliamentary elections. His liberal-conservative Civic Platform (PO) won 41 percent of the vote while Prime Minister Jaroslw Kaczynski's Law and Justice party (PiS) only managed 32 percent. At 55 percent, voter turnout was the highest it has been since 1991.
Ministers play down speculation Tony Blair could be offered the job of president of the European Council.
It is not a foregone conclusion that the 'committee of wise men' proposed by Nicolas Sarkozy to reshape the EU's future will be a success, and it is vital to prevent it from being "instrumentalised in the political arena", argues a new Spotlight Europe paper.
On 23 October EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini proposed a 'blue card', aka the US 'green card'. Holders would be allowed to work in an EU member state for two years without moving to a different country
Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament have launched a campaign today to mark the first EU Day against Human Trafficking (on 18th October) which aims to raise awareness to fight this form of organised crime.
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