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Hmm, yet another right wing politician, peddling policy that would weaken the European Union.
Holly gosh, I wonder where he gets his ideas and/or funding from?
Switzerland is not part of the EU. It is well known that they are neutral, I would say it is common knowledge. Are you trying to spread misinformation or just clueless?
Switzerland is in the EU's Single Market and has other important agreements in place with the EU. A key reason for that referendum was the SVP's ambition to force Switzerland out of the Single market. They can't get the Swiss to agree to that so they try it in hidden ways, this time with playing the anti-foreigner card, while not mentioning that this is designed in reality to force Switzerland out of the Single Market. So yes, this referndum had a lot to do with the EU. The majority of Swiss voters was not fooled though, again. But also this time, the SVP will not take no for an answer and will try again, with a different construct.
What is the mechanism for being forced out of the EU single market?
What the SVP wanted to get adpoted would force the end of freedom of movement with the EU if population in Switzerland only mildly increases (even if that were to happen purely due to domestic population growth btw). In that case there are guillotine clauses that would automatically kill major treaties with the EU, including the one on being in the Single Market. This is pretty much automatic, as Switzerland would violate the conditions based on which it is part of the Single Market and one-sidedly significantly change the deal. Freedom of Movement is, after all, a majory pillar of the Single Market itself.
Since Switzerland has strong associations with the EU which were actively threatened by a possible implementation of this proposal he's not completely wrong. This would have weakened EU as well as Switzerland as both parties profit of their strong cooperation.
For this reason foreign powers try to end or impede the cooperation between the different national states and divide the continent in order to conquer it.
I am not seeing the connection between Domestic policy and EU parliament policy in a country not in the EU. What is going on?
Switzerland has a strong assosiation with EU which includes many different sectors. For countrys like Sitzerland and Norway the deal is basically to follow EU regulations and therefore get access its very important internal market. One of them is migration: Swiss nationals are free to migrate into the EU and vise versa. If Switzerland was to cancel this deal of bilateral free movement (due to the proposed cap at 10 milion) this would mean not adapting EU law and hence lose access to the market. Which is logical because if countries outside EU could access the market without obeying its rules the door for missuse like dumping would be wide open. Since EU ist by far the most important market for Switzerland the economic consequences could be detrimental.
they didn't say they were part of the eu
Swiss neutrality doesn't mean they can't be part of an economic or even political organization. Switzerland is part of the UN, various economic unions, treaties and organizations, European human rights council etc. NATO would be more of an issue, but becoming an EU member isn't conflicting with neutrality. There are other issues regarding sovereignty and our direct democracy and probably a couple more if joining the EU ever becomes a serious topic, but neutrality isn't a problem.
I always considered that being a member of EU parliament meant that by default you are bound to their decisions and without agency you can no longer be neutral. But hey I guess I am wrong.
I don't think politicians give a fuck whether Switzerland is neutral or not
A lack of repercussions