Switzerland’s right-wing firebrand Christoph Blocher, who has come under fire for his staunchly anti-immigration policies, has been ousted from the coalition cabinet in a last-minute ambush by his foes that brought a rare piece of drama to the Alpine nation’s usually staid political arena.
Mr Blocher, whose Swiss Peoples’ Party (SVP) had their strongest-ever showing in national elections earlier this year, had been serving as Justice Minister but after manoeuvring by the three other parties in the consensus government, found himself booted out of the new cabinet.
Some artists were quick to reinvent the infamous cartoon that Blocher’s party splashed on posters around the country in the run-up to the October polls, which depicted three pure white sheep kicking a black sheep off the Swiss flag with a crafty flick of the back legs. Yesterday Blocher’s grinning face had been stitched on to the black animal, alongside the caption “For more security: get Blocher out of the cabinet”.
The surprise move shook up the stable world of Swiss politics, as the SVP threatened to pull out of the cabinet altogether unless Mr Blocher was reinstated. “If Blocher is not elected then the SVP will go into opposition,” the party’s outgoing president Uli Maurer told Swiss television shortly after the vote.
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That was four years ago.Since then Swiss people have voted to ban any new construction of minarets and mosques.The rest of Europe needs to the same thing.European women of children bearing age need to have more babies or the white European race will be near extIncting.If that happens who will make new inventions and innovations?Muslims aren’t capable of this and neither are black Africans.Maybe a few Chinese and south Koreans and Japanese because they are smart!