Switzerland: Parliament Rejects “Anti-burqa” Initiative fsspx.news

On June 17, 2020, the Swiss National Council rejected, by 114 votes to 76 and 3 abstentions, the initiative “Yes to the ban on concealing the face.” Deemed to target the Muslim full veil, the initiative had already been refused in September 2019 by the Council of States, the other chamber of Parliament.

Only the Central Democratic Union (UDC) and part of the center supported this text after several hours of debate. The elected representatives of these parties mainly recalled the risks of a “parallel society” and brandished the “defense of women's rights.” The “cultural conventions” in force were also put forward…