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They love the ‘cookies’, they ‘park’, they ‘fish’ – and they love Switzerland: more than 300,000 Germans are here to live a better life. And our friends from the north have never been as well understood as they are today.
The farmers in the neighboring country have just closed the highways and at the same time the train crews have gone on strike. The country that invented the car stood still. Europe’s economic engine is also sputtering politically – because Berlin has overlooked migration policy for too long, the AfD is at the top of the polls. Revelations about a secret ‘remigration summit’ between AfD members and right-wing extremists shocked the mainstream. Between the North Sea and the Zugspitze, the discussion is not about how to get out of the recession, but about whether the AfD should be banned. A commentator on the ARD “Tagesschau” made an impassioned plea for this measure, saying it was a “protective shield for democracy.”
Given the black, red and gold hangover mood, this call for justice may be understandable, but to Swiss ears it sounds strangely strange. If judges are expected to correct politics, this is the unmistakable indication of a system error – and not just in Germany. In the US, Donald Trump’s opponents are hoping for justice, and the opposition in Italy wants to defeat the increasingly confident fascists through legal action.
What makes the difference in the Swiss Confederation is direct democracy. Our political system may be harsh, but it has the wonderful ability to encompass every social trend. If a group is not heard in parliament, it can influence the laws through a referendum or initiative. The farmers here do not have to block highways because they are deeply anchored in federal Bern, drivers benefit from a solid collective labor agreement and migration problems cannot be ignored because of the strength of the SVP, which is involved at all political levels. .
Switzerland does not need a protective shield for democracy – it is a protective shield. Also for German immigrants.
Source:Blick
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