Switzerland

Switzerland

E-voting – a threat to democracy

Software glitch in the counting of votes in the National Council elections

by Marita Brune

(16 November 2023) On 22 October 2023, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office made a grave error that had serious consequences not so much for the results of the Swiss National Council elections but rather for citizens’ trust in democracy. This once again raises the fundamental question of the risks of e-voting. The incorrect result was caused by a software problem: three cantons were working with an older version and the error occurred when the results were transmitted to the federal government.

“The Covid-19 bioweapon and the planned dismantling of our direct democracy”

by Professor Paul R. Vogt

(9 November 2023) (Edit.) Today, it takes a lot of perseverance, courage, and straightforwardness to bring topics that have been avoided for various reasons to the public attention. Professor Paul R. Vogt, founder of the EurAsiaHeart-Foundation1 and former head of cardiac surgery at Zurich University Hospital, has written another thesis paper as a matter close to his heart.

Switzerland’s neutrality – a prerequisite for supply security

by Hans Bieri

(8 November 2023) (Ed.) Hans Bieri, Managing Director of the “Swiss Association Industry + Agriculture SVIL”, expertly describes the importance of neutrality for our country’s security of supply. As an export nation without its own raw materials, Switzerland’s very existence depends on open markets. Its neutral position offers advantages to its trading partners. If the country gives up its neutrality, it risks becoming a pawn in the hands of hegemonic powers and losing its independence.
WHO Reform

“WHO Pact undermines Swiss sovereignty”

Parliamentary interpellation by National Councillor Franz Grüter

(25 October 2023) (sv) The “WHO International Health Regulations” (IHR) are currently being revised with the exclusion of the Swiss Parliament and the public and are to be adopted by the “World Health Assembly” in May 2024. A Swiss negotiating delegation is also involved.

Scandalous action against Swiss neutrality

Federal Berne goes to war as a stooge for the “International Criminal Court”!

(4 October 2023) (Lauterbrunnen, 22 September 2023.) The non-partisan “Pro Schweiz” states that in the past it was Switzerland’s claim, duty and noble task, on the basis of its credible neutrality and as a depositary state of the International Humanitarian Law of war, to ensure that human dignity and the rights of those suffering were respected by all (!) warring parties. The aim was always to ensure that all warring parties were treated equally.

On Swiss Neutrality

“Cooperation” before “Neutrality”: Switzerland’s New Security Doctrine

by Pascal Lottaz,* Japan

(22 August 2023) Although Switzerland’s Federal Council rejected its Foreign Minister’s idea for “cooperative neutrality”, the recently approved new security doctrine reverses parts of the country’s traditional neutrality concept. Preparations for collective defence with NATO and the EU are underway.