Naturalization in Switzerland
October 18, 2007
The BBC posted this article about Swiss naturalization a few weeks ago. The law:
Switzerland has Europe’s toughest naturalisation laws. Foreigners must live for 12 years in a Swiss community before they can apply, and being born in Switzerland brings no right to citizenship.
More remarkably, towns and villages vote on the naturalization of individuals. Strong political rights for some…
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I heard something on the radio (possibly the BBC as well – I don’t remember) about that right-wing, anti-immigration party’s campaign commercials. One of them showed two scenarios – a Switzerland with law and order, represented by attractive, white adults, and one of chaos (or whatever), coincidentally represented by non-white adults and young people.