Switzerland may renounce neutrality to provide military aid to Ukraine

TL;DR

The leader of the center-right FDP party, Thierry Burkart, has submitted a motion to the government to allow arms re-exports to countries with similar democratic values to Switzerland. ”The Green Party is against this change, as they say that concessions in favor of Ukraine could become a “slippery slope” to the abolition of all restrictions, which would be incompatible with Switzerland’s neutrality. Pollsters note that if this question had been asked before the war, the answer would probably have been less than 25%

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