Swiss turn to right at election as immigration fears weigh
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: General view of the snow-covered mountains of the Bernese Alps, Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau, as seen from Bern, Switzerland October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannZURICH -Switzerland looked set to shift to the right in national elections on Sunday, as concerns about immigration trumped fears about climate change and melting glaciers, though the vote is unlikely to change the make-up of the Swiss government.
"We have problems with immigration, illegal immigrants, and problems with the security of energy supply," said SVP leader Marco Chiesa."We already have asylum chaos ... A population of 10 million people in Switzerland is a topic we really have to solve." In contrast, the Greens were expected to see their share of the votes fall by 4 percentage points to 9%, and lose six seats.
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