Switzerland is scrambling to keep a lid on immigration from its top trade partner, the European Union, as a jobs boom powered ...

Eager to quell calls for population curbs, Switzerland has sought a so-called "protection clause" in its EU agreement that ...

including wearing military fatigues to an event alongside members of the populist Swiss People's Party and posting campaign ...

The far right Swiss People’s Party, the country’s largest, is behind a push to limit the number of inhabitants to 10 million that will probably be on the ballot from 2026.

The forerunner of the People's Party represented "farmers, traders and Swiss citizens" from rural areas. At the end of the First World War it grew into an opposition movement against the Radicals ...

One of the remaining challenges is domestic opposition from the leading right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), and Amherd admitted talks with them were "almost impossible". "We have other ...

(Bloomberg) -- A right-wing campaign to cap Switzerland’s population is “dangerous” and threatens businesses’ ability to ...

For decades Switzerland has been dominated by four main parties; the Swiss People's Party, the Social Democrats, the FDP liberals and the Christian Democrats. But as the glaciers melt, the ...

Immigration has long been a hot button issue in Switzerland. The far right Swiss People’s Party, the country’s largest, is behind a push to limit the number of inhabitants to 10 million that ...

Another populist anti-immigration party in Europe has made a very strong showing in a national election — the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) just won a third of the seats in parliament — and ...

Swiss voters dealt a strong blow to the right-wing populist Swiss People’s Party (SVP) of Chrisoph Blocher, which won parliamentary elections four years ago that prompted a polarization of ...

The Swiss People's Party says that by enhancing military ties with the European Union, the government is "putting the security of the Swiss people at risk" GENEVA, August 22. /TASS/. The Swiss ...