• The international climate does not provide the whole explanation for such an initiative. Most people have an image of Switzerland as a calm country, without great social agitations. What has changed?
In my view, it is not the GSsA that has brought about a change — it has acted as a catalyst. A deeper malaise grips Swiss society. Many things are coming to the surface and changing. The special links between the government and the people and between the army and the people does not exist any more. A lot of people do not vote in elections for example. Only about
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