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Swiss People’s Party sues crossword setter over clue - SWI swissinfo.ch (www.swissinfo.ch)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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A clue in the Valais paper on November 18, 2023, was: “Swiss political party – racist, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-feminist, anti-ecological, anti-poor, nationalist.” The answer: UDC (the French abbreviation for the Swiss People’s Party).

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

The two men face a 30-day suspended fine.

can somebody give a better translation? I have a sneaky suspicion DeepL screwed the pooch on that one.

(or if it's accurate what's a 30 day fine?)

Either way.... heh. yeah. that's acutally a legitimate complaint, I imagine.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm not sure what it means by suspended, but many countries scale fines based on your earnings, so a "30-day fine" probably refers to approximately 30 days worth of earnings in fines.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

no, it means they are on a sort of probation for 30 days. if they cause trouble within that time, they will have to pay the fine on top of whatever new penalties they face.

[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry. @turdas@suppo.fi is correct.

The French version of the article uses the term jour-amende which is precisely a fine based on a day's earnings.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jour-amende

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 4 points 4 weeks ago

I stand corrected, thank you for educating me!

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