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February 17th, 2014 | #1 |
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Swiss People's Party (SVP) (Switzerland)
Switzerland Draws a Line on Immigration
February 17, 2014 by Bruce Bawer (queer) 23 Comments -Switzerland is a small, prosperous country which during World War II managed not to become part of the Nazi empire and during the postwar era has succeeded in staying out of the EU. Nonetheless, like other European countries whose citizens have voted to stay out of the EU, Switzerland – in exchange for participation in free trade with EU members – has signed treaties that subject its citizens to EU regulations. Among those treaties is a seven-year-old agreement that grants most EU citizens the right to live and work in Switzerland. In a referendum on February 14, however, the Swiss electorate voted by a slim majority for a proposal by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) that will invalidate that treaty. The Washington Post‘s Anthony Faiola, in his report on the vote, provided a fine example of the way in which the left-wing media routinely reduce real-life concerns to obnoxious caricatures, all the while acting as if the people they’re condescendingly mocking are the ones purveying the caricatures: the Swiss vote, he wrote, was the result of the mischievous efforts of “right-wing populists” who worry that their “idyllic Swiss lifestyle” is “being trampled by hordes of foreign newcomers.” Faiola went on to compare Swiss voters to “the paramilitaries of the Golden Dawn” in Greece and the “anti-immigrant, anti-Roma and anti-Semitic” members of the radical-right Jobbik Party in Hungary. The New York Times took a similar approach: “Far-right parties with anti-immigrant platforms in France, the Netherlands and Norway have gained strength in recent years,” wrote Melissa Eddy and Stephen Castle (the Norway reference obviously being to the center-right Progress Party, which is closer to the American political center than any other party in Norway). Never mind the reality: Switzerland – where about a quarter of the legal residents were born abroad and 37 percent of residents are foreign-born or have two foreign-born parents – is one of the two countries in the world with the highest percentage of immigrants. (The other is Austria.) The SVP – the same party that sponsored the 2009 law banning minarets – said during the run-up to the plebiscite that the 80,000 EU citizens who are now moving to Switzerland every year (a number equal to 1% of the country’s population) amounts to approximately “ten times the initial predictions back in 2007,” reported the Telegraph. It doesn’t take much imagination to recognize what a massive burden this flood of immigrants represents – and what a social and culural transformation it entails. As the Telegraph itself seems to acknowledge, the schools, hospitals, public-transport system, and housing market in Switzerland have been “struggling to cope” with the influx. This sort of rapid, dramatic metamorphosis is enough to pose a risk to any country’s social, cultural, and economic stability. Add to this the fact that citizens of Romania and Bulgaria (including innumerable gypsies who, frankly, aren’t looking for honest work but for pockets to pick, houses to plunder, and public property to trash) are now free to settle anywhere they want in the EU – or in countries, like Switzerland and Norway, which have open-border arrangements with the EU. Under such circumstances, the action by Swiss voters isn’t just eminently understandable; it is, quite simply, the responsible thing to do. Yet such facts on the ground, however compelling, matter little in Brussels. What matters there is the open-borders ideology – and the consolidation and expansion of EU power. The Swiss vote, warned the Telegraph, was “likely to cause anger” among Eurocrats. Faiola noted that the vote had “brought threats of retaliation Monday from leaders across the continent.” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier sniffed that “Switzerland must realise that cherry picking with the EU is not a long-term strategy.” Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn vowed that the Swiss would face “consequences”: “You can’t have privileged access to the European internal market and on the other hand, dilute free circulation.” You would’ve thought that EU-Swiss relations have benefited only the Swiss all these years – that they’re the ungrateful beneficiaries of EU largesse. On the contrary, Switzerland contributes some $600 million a year to the EU budget and dutifully subjects itself to countless EU controls and directives, even though its voters long ago told the EU to take a hike. But that’s not enough for the EU masters. They can’t stand that a rich country like Switzerland (Norway, too) isn’t fully within its grasp. And for Bern to withdraw itself from the EU’s clutches in the matter of immigration is more than the power-hungry men and women in Brussels can stand. “The message is clear today: free movement of people is a sacred right for the EU,” said European Commission spokeswoman Pia Ahrenkilde-Hansen. Yes, “sacred.” How interesting to learn that this, of all things, is what’s “a sacred right for the EU.” We know, after all, that freedom of expression doesn’t make the cut: in 2006, the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy (i.e. Flunky in Charge of EU-Arab Relations) told journalists that self-censorship for the sake of “mutual respect and understanding” between cultures was “a vital part of the fight against racism and xenophobia” and that freedom of expression doesn’t mean “the freedom to insult or offend”; in 2007, the EU made “incitement of racism, xenophobia, or hatred against a racial, ethnic, or religious group” punishable by up to three years behind bars; the EU’s 2007 Lisbon Treaty provides for automatic arrest and extradition of persons accused of racism and xenophobia.” So, no, freedom of speech isn’t “sacred” in the EU. What’s “sacred” is the right of busloads of gypsies to cross into Switzerland and start gathering up goodies. What person in his right mind wants to belong to a congregation for which this is what’s holy? Good for Switzerland’s voters. More power to them. Freedom Center pamphlets now available on Kindle: Click here. http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/bru...n-immigration/ |
February 18th, 2014 | #2 |
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The good things about the SVP are:
However, they lack political philosophy. During the latest referendum campaign the only thing that was talked about was the impact on the economy and our relationship with the EU. Nothing about globalization and cultural differences between Swiss and immigrants. And, of course, they are not a WN movement so they will never mention the Jews... In Switzerland, the closest there is to a real WN political movement is the PNOS (Partei National Orientierter Schweizer). The thing is that I rarely hear about them (in part because most of their activity happens in the German-speaking part of Switzerland). In the last federal elections, they were present in only two states: Bern (0.3% of the votes) and Vaud (0.08%). |
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Multiculturalism is institutionalized in Hollywood and in the universities and schools. It was invented by Germans and is crypto-racist, but dogma now in the progressive schools, though it is mystical, organicist, and subtly anti-American. See http://clarespark.com/2011/03/.... "Index to multiculturalism blogs." Liberal elites put this policy into power, not even members of the clamoring non-whites who hoped for upward mobility. It is not too late to turn back the clock and to stand firm against racism, crypto- or overt. 8 • Reply•Share › Avatar Alex_Linder Clare Spark • a day ago It was invented by jews. Get your facts right. It's a genocidal policy pushed by jews in all white nations. Jews have been known as "nation-wreckers" for 2,000 years. 7 • Edit• Reply•Share › Avatar bigjulie Alex_Linder • a day ago Apparently America was spared. I shudder to think about where we might be without our Jewish immigrants! The only nations that were "wrecked" by jews were those where they immigrated, prospered despite deep and senseless prejudices against them, and ultimately were harassed and hounded by the jealousy and envy of non-Jews over their abilities to survive and prosper, despite the ignorant and unfounded prejudices against them! We are much the better nation for our Jewish immigrants! 3 • Reply•Share › Avatar Western_Canadian Alex_Linder • a day ago No doubt this lout, ignorant and hate filled, is planning a REALLY big celebration of hitlers birthday, complete with a cake in the shape of a death camp. 3 • Reply•Share › Avatar bigjulie Alex_Linder • an hour ago Sorry Alex, but your comment is about as anti-Semitic as they come. My understanding is that it was invented by people who wanted to just get along and utilize America's abundant and rare freedoms by making it easy to be accepted. It has since been turned into a grossly twisted PC goal intended to add to the confusion already sown by them to make it easier to institute a top-down, command government structure so that everyone will accept Communism...and LIKE it! Alex_Linder bigjulie • a few seconds ago Notice the jews support forced racial 'integration' in America, against the will of the white majority but in their country, Israel, they forcibly deport any blacks who manage to get in. Jews want Nazism for themselves and destructive 'diversity' for whites. Diversity is simply a pretty name for white genocide. Alex_Linder bigjulie • 2 minutes ago You're factually wrong, Julie. Multiculturalism was invented by the jew Horace Kallen with the express intention of destroying white society. Jews like Horowitz are deliberately lying to you. |
February 19th, 2014 | #5 |
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Are you talking about Christoph Blocher? He is a billionaire but not a Jew AFAIK.
http://m.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/B...l?cid=31786422 |
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http://www.swissjews.ch/pdf/fr/medie...and_FSCI_F.pdf
An open letter from the Swiss Federation of Israelites Communities () to Anian Liebrand, recently (Jan. 25) unanimously elected president of the young branch of the SVP. Partial translation: Quote:
Other press article: http://translate.google.com/translat...sser--17889177 He would, however, "not cave." Last edited by Pierre-Marc; February 21st, 2014 at 02:20 PM. |
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"He has railed against American Jewish groups, whom he accused of “pure extortion” over their claims for Holocaust reparations from Swiss banks. He campaigns against the Swiss Solidarity Foundation, designed by the Swiss government to serve the memory of the Holocaust, arguing that the money should go instead to the Red Cross." - The Economist |
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01 Sept 2014: https://translate.google.com/transla...ory%2F23934046
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Herr Linder, Rasse wurde hier erwähnt:
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Yes, the PNOS is much better ideologically (though I pretty sure they are Christians). But politically they are (almost) non-existent...
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The SVP are definitely not "nationalist". I would describe them as conservative. That said, when I have voted it is usually for the SVP.
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