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Report·Staat, Institutionen, Demokratie·Document finding
Item 26.7650: Popular votes abroad: will the Federal Council also intervene in future?
European Parliament, German Foreign Minister, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: In the run-up to the vote on the neutrality initiative, foreign state actors are increasingly intervening in the formation of political will in Switzerland. Would the Federal Council regard it as an acceptable diplomatic practice if the Swiss Government were to campaign publicly, immediately before a popular vote in another state, for or against a proposal being put to the vote there (with a request for a precise justification of the answer)?