Swiss vote for a ban on face coverings
Swiss vote for a ban on face coverings Nick Cumming-Bruce Share Geneva | Switzerland on Sunday (Monday AEDT) became the latest European country to ban the wearing of face coverings in public places, prohibiting the veils worn by Muslim women. Official results of the nationwide referendum showed 51.2 per cent of voters supported the ban on full facial coverings, which was proposed by the populist, anti-immigrant Swiss People’s Party (SVP), compared with 48.8 per cent opposing it, a much narrower margin of victory than pollsters had initially predicted. Monika Ruegsegger-Hurschler from the SV...
Source: afr.com