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Swiss People. Vote!

Christian Stocker,
17.05.2005 18:56 CET - Comments [5]

Another voting weekend for Switzerland in approx. 2 weeks for its citizens. This time about joining the Schengen/Dublin treaty and allowing a registered partnership between gay couples (and some regional things, less interesting for this blog)

Both national votes are quite important IMHO and I already casted my vote (thanks to voting-by-snail-mail). So everyone, who didn't vote 'till yet, please do (and do the right thing, meaning just write "Ja" ;) )

Image via Hannes and from Young European Swiss. (For those who are not living in Switzerland, the right-wing party of Switzerland made a "fear campaign" against Schengen/Dublin with faces similar to the one in the picture above...)

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Comments [5]

/blog, 18.05.2005 00:47 CET (Trackback)

in about two weeks we the swiss vote for or against schengen. the right wing politicians started a scare monger-campaing featuring comics-styled ads. i haven't voted yet, but am making sure i do in the next few days. all...

ReneMoser.net Blog, 18.05.2005 11:06 CET (Trackback)

Mir stosst die Angstkampagne schwer auf, konkret find ich diese zum K… Wenn argumente Fehlen wird mit der Angst (Kriminalität, Arbeitslosikeit, Sicherheit) gespielt. Offensichtlich lassen sich jedoch ältere Bürgen von dieser Kampagne beein...

adrian, 19.05.2005 10:57 CET

Die Angskampagne find' ich weniger zum K... als die «Liebe-ist»-Kampagne zum Partnerschaftsgesetz...

Hannes, 19.05.2005 13:27 CET

Du..du.. du Politblogger!
Und die "Liebe ist.." Kampagne ist übrigens Kult! :-)

Derek, 24.05.2005 22:58 CET

Ignoring the fear campaign, there are legitimate reasons for voting against Schengen. Among them are:

- Reduced security: spot checks by border guards are more effective than relying on the SIS database. Databases don't give you security, people do!

- Not more convenient for tourists: Switzerland currently allows visa-free entry for citizens of some countries that most Schengen countries currently require a visa for. With Schengen, I suspect that Switzerland would be pressured into requiring visas for those visitors in the name of harmonization. And Schengen visas aren't that convenient to obtain -- there is a two-week processing period because all member countries have to give their approval!

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