Swiss backers of EU deal get boost from influential centre-right party
Published on: Oct. 18, 2025, 7:22 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
It faces a referendum in Switzerland with the biggest group in parliament, the right-wing Swiss People's Party, or SVP, firmly opposed to it on the grounds it is inimical to national sovereignty, Swiss identity and control of borders. The SVP's main rival on the right of the political spectrum, the business-friendly Liberals, or FDP, has been split on the question of Europe but in a ballot to set the party's stance, three-quarters of delegates voted to support the EU accord.
