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The Swiss far-right wants to expand the country by annexing German, French, Austrian and Italian border regions, reports Gazeta Wyborcza. The Swiss People's Party (SVP) floated the idea in June but only now has submitted a draft proposal calling for necessary changes to the constitution to make the enlargement possible. The regions in question are the German state of Baden Württemberg, French departments Alsace, Savoy, Jura and Ain, Italian provinces Aosta, Como, Varese and Bozen and the Austrian province of Vorarlberg....

.....the results of a poll conducted by the Swiss weekly Weltwoche. It showed that 63% of nearly 1,800 German, Italian and Austrian polled living in the border regions said they were in favour of joining Switzerland.




And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Tue Jul 27th, 2010 at 12:23:47 PM EST
Hee, it's amazing what can be achieved for the intellectually challenged under "Care in the Community".

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jul 27th, 2010 at 12:26:44 PM EST
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It's such a gas to be living in these stimulating times.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jul 27th, 2010 at 12:40:20 PM EST
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Jumpin Jack Flash (see next comment)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Tue Jul 27th, 2010 at 02:23:02 PM EST
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