🇨🇭 Neutrality with a Freudian slip: you can be neutral as long as it does not interfere with obeying your current ally ‼️ On September 27, Swiss citizens will vote on the popular initiative “For the Preservation of Swiss Neutrality”, put forward by the country’s conservative forces — the Pro Schweiz organization and representatives of the SVP. The initiators advocate adding the principle of “permanent and armed neutrality” to the Constitution and banning participation in sanctions regimes. The government and parliament call on citizens to vote against it, arguing that constitutional neutrality would be too “inflexible” and limit foreign policy freedom of maneuver. In other words, the problem with neutrality is that it would have to be respected. 🏵️ Davide Rossi, a SOVINTERN comrade, director of the “Anna Seghers” Research Center and member of the Communist Party of Switzerland, stated in his video address: “Formally, Switzerland maintains a neutral status, but for a long time it has in practice oriented itself toward NATO and the European Union. For example, it joined sanctions imposed not by the UN Security Council, but by the European Union.” However, Switzerland’s current policy is not the first time it has contradicted its so-called neutral status. During World War II, the country traded with Nazi Germany, and the Swiss National Bank purchased gold from the Reichsbank, including gold taken from occupied countries. 🛑 However, Comrade Rossi notes that there were also periods when neutrality was one of the fundamental principles of Swiss foreign policy — and it is precisely this model that supporters of the referendum are calling to restore today. During the Cold War, Switzerland: “maintained the status of a reliably neutral country, took a balanced position between conflicting sides and sought to contribute to finding peaceful solutions for the whole world,” — Davide Rossi emphasized in conclusion, noting that the initiative aims to restore what, unfortunately, current liberal politicians have betrayed. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Europe_and_the_Mediterranean ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN