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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jennifer Rankin

Swiss voters reject stricter neutrality rules that would have curbed Nato cooperation

Poster of John Lennon with the words Give Peace A Chance on a fence in Switzerland.
Give Peace A Chance by John Lennon, used in the campaign for tightening Switzerland’s neutrality rules. Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA

Swiss voters have decisively rejected a proposal for a strict definition of neutrality that would have required Switzerland to curb cooperation with Nato and abandon sanctions against Russia.

All cantons and about 70% of voters rejected the proposal for a strictly defined version of neutrality to be ⁠written into the Swiss constitution, final results from the Federal Statistical Office showed. The motion had been promoted by the far-right Swiss People’s party (SVP).

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