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Switzerland’s national elections over the weekend resulted in a major victory for the Swiss People’s Party, which ran on a hard-line anti-immigration platform as concerns about a growing population have increased in the European country. Late Sunday’s final tally showed the party, known as SVP, gaining nine seats, bringing it to a 62-seat total in
An anti-immigration party in Switzerland saw big gains in a national election over the weekend as voters gave the party, which has spoken out against "woke culture," a nine-seat gain.
Switzerland looked set to shift to the right in its national elections on Sunday, as concerns about immigration and political correctness trumped fears about climate change and melting glaciers. The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), Switzerland's biggest political party, will increase its share of the vote to 29%, 3.4 percentage points higher than the last election in 2019, according to early projections by Swiss broadcaster SRF. Switzerland's second biggest party was poised to increase its share by 0.4 percentage points of the vote to 17.2%.
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Greens the big losers in Switzerland as voters’ concerns focus on immigration, political correctness and slowing economy
Switzerland's national elections saw the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) gain an increased share of the vote, driven by concerns about immigrati