Two Referendums Test Swiss Self-Image
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Two pillars of Swiss nationhood are being tested Sunday &#151; citizenship and the post office.
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On Sunday voters rejected government-backed plans to simplify naturalisation procedures for second-generation foreigners. They also turned down a proposal to grant children born in Switzerland to foreign parents the automatic right to a Swiss passport.
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In Monday&#39;s European papers, Swiss voters&#39; rejection of proposals to loosen its tough citizenship rules is met with disappointment.
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The Swiss tax system is attracting businesses and celebrities, much to the irritation of its EU neighbours.
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France has been ardently pro-EU - but enlargement has raised new fears, and voters might still reject the constitution.
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BERN, Switzerland, NOV. 8, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- The Swiss bishops' conference has warned about a proposed law on embryonic stem cell research that will face a national referendum this month.
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Swiss voters head to the polls to decide whether the country should impose more restrictive asylum laws.
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A Swiss referendum to cancel the law on root cell use taken from human embryo, resulted. The 66 percent of Swiss participants in a public survey said they supported a law passed by the Swiss government in
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The Swiss government is facing calls to take a more active role to ensure the success of 2008 European football championships.
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Spain abounds in humorous stereotypes: party-loving southerners, street-smart Madrid people and dour, workaholic Catalans. Here, the joke goes, a man asking an attractive woman passerby for the time actually wants to know. But things get serious Sunday when semiautonomous Catalonia votes in a referendum offering it even greater autonomy &amp;#151; something conservatives fear will gravely wound the Spanish state.
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GENEVA Swiss voters have backed a law allowing stem-cell research in the first national referendum on an issue that has divided both the European Union and the United States.
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People asked to rate the competence of an individual based on a quick glance at a photo predicted the outcome of elections more than two-thirds of the time.
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Voting started in two western German states on Sunday in elections widely seen as a test for Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) before next year's federal vote.
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A new history book causes controversy in Switzerland because of its treatment of the Swiss role in WWII.
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Voters will decide on September 26 whether to make it easier for young foreigners to obtain a Swiss passport.
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The Swiss Senate has approved by a clear majority a second series of bilateral treaties with the European Union.
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In the first national referendum on an issue that has divided both the European Union and the United States, Swiss voters have backed proposals to allow stem-cell research.