Sunday, June 01, 2008

Nachrichten von der Schweiz

I barely have time to keep up with the news here, let alone the news from Switzerland. So I was interested to see an AP headline this afternoon that said "Swiss reject anti-foreigner campaign." As much as immigration is a hot-button issue here in the States, it's nothing compared to Switzerland, where it seemed like just about every election when we lived there featured some sort of anti-immigration initiative(s), courtesy of the far-right populist political party. I guess everything has its limits...