Switzerland

Swiss Voters Reject Stricter Neutrality Rules in Blow to Right-Wing Push

Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to tighten the country’s neutrality doctrine, rebuffing a campaign backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party that sought to harden constitutional guardrails around nonalignment. The result preserves Switzerland’s long-standing flexibility in foreign policy at a moment when Europe’s security order is under intense strain from Russia’s war in Ukraine.