Another reason the country has been slow to change in terms of women’s rights is that “the family is still very much seen as a private matter that the state shouldn’t interfere with,” Ms. Purtschert said. New parents Noemie Bouchet and Arnaud Joal in Geneva in April. “These two weeks may be a baby step, but a very important one,” he said. “Although a lot has shifted in the past years, the traditional gender model is still very strong in Switzerland,” she said. "Migrants change our culture. A “yes” vote could transform the country’s ties to the 27-nation bloc and brining about sweeping changes to Swiss society.
“It is also important that fathers can support their partners after childbirth.”. In addition, practically half of all welfare recipients are foreigners.”. “We are in a crisis period. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? "Without immigrants Swiss soccer in general - professional or amateur, youth or women - would not be able to exist," he told Reuters, citing arrivals from the Balkans, Africa, and Middle East. Bitter campaign echoing Brexit referendum sees ruling, right-wing party claim migrants ‘change our culture’. He said European expatriates tended to prioritise children's intellectual development and often planned to return home after Swiss stays. Of the 60 per cent, a fifth are from EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries. In a similar referendum in 2014, the Swiss narrowly voted in favour of limiting access of EU citizens to live and work in Switzerland, but parliament did not apply any significant changes — largely out of fear of the hefty impact on the economy.
Swiss set date for fighter referendum. Michel Matter, of the Liberal Green party, insisted Switzerland shouldn’t risk ties with its main trading partner. Voters decided to ban new minarets in 2009, reflecting suspicion among some Swiss of the Muslim community, and isolated cases of Muslim pupils' refusal to shake hands with female teachers have sparked outrage in the media. Copyright© Mediacorp 2020. In addition, practically half of all welfare recipients are foreigners," its campaign website says. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. “What we just want is to be able to select, again, who we want and who we do not want, and also give priority jobs to our population.”, The SVP’s anti-immigration campaign has been unashamedly hostile.
He pointed out that because so many agreements are linked, if the one on freedom of movement collapses so would others on trade and agriculture. The freedom-of-movement measure is being considered alongside a series of other votes on paternity leave, tax-breaks for child care and the right to hunt wolves to keep their population down.
Switzerland is to hold a national referendum on its Air2030 requirement to procure new combat aircraft on 27 September. Switzerland is the only country in Western Europe without some form of paid paternity leave.
But he plans to vote against the new law.
“I think we owe it to our families,” he said.
Underlining Switzerland’s differences with its neighbors, President Emmanuel Macron of France said on Wednesday that his country was doubling paid paternity leave to 28 days and that fathers would be required to take at least a week off work after the arrival of their babies. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Patricia Purtschert, a gender studies professor at the University of Bern, said that structural hurdles to equality persisted in Switzerland partly because women have been excluded as decision makers for so long.
Switzerland is the only country in Western Europe without some form of paid paternity leave, allowing biological fathers just one day off after the birth of a child — the same time given for moving homes. Switzerland is not part of the EU, but belongs to the Schengen passport-free zone. by Gareth Jennings . Some 330,000 workers from neighbouring EU countries come across the border to work, many of them health care workers doing vital working during the coronavirus pandemic. If there’s no new agreement within 12 months, then the Swiss could withdraw unilaterally from the existing accord and ban any future freedom of movement deals. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. She said that traditional view was also evident in the way that opponents of the referendum have framed the vote.
“It’s clear that, like Britain is learning, the European Union is much stronger than Switzerland. “We shouldn’t be financing things that are nice to have but not essential,” Ms. Gutjahr, a lawmaker in the lower house of the Federal Assembly, said in an interview. meREWARDS lets you get coupon deals, and earn cashback when you complete surveys, dine, travel and shop with our partners.
Citizens of the EU plus EFTA members Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein made up 68 per cent of the 2.1 million resident foreigners in 2019. The fate of a law mandating two weeks of paid leave for fathers will be decided at the polls after a conservative backlash forced a referendum.