Swiss shift rightwards in vote as immigration fears trump environment


  • World
  • Monday, 23 Oct 2023

FILE PHOTO: The Swiss Parliament Building (Bundeshaus) is pictured in early autumn light in Bern, Switzerland October 11, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland moved rightwards in an election on Sunday, giving the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) more seats in parliament as concerns about rising immigration outweighed those about the environment, final results showed on Monday.

While the change is unlikely to alter the make up of the country's governing Federal Council consisting of seven members from four different parties - including two from the SVP - analysts said it pointed to a shift in the political climate.

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