Switzerland: SVP launches new foreign criminals plan

Switzerland: SVP launches new foreign criminals plan


Via the Local:

Switzerland's far-right SVP has launched a new initiative calling for the deportation of foreign criminals at the same time as a pre-election projection suggests the party will retain power later this month.

The ultra-conservative party, Switzerland's largest, added fresh impetus to its election campaign this weekend by bringing up its favourite topic: immigration.

At a conference in Aargau on Saturday, party leaders said the objective of the second deportation initiative is to force the Federal Council to put into practice a constitutional amendment that was previously supported by a majority of Swiss in a November 28th 2010 referendum.

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