popular consultation
Voters speak out on the ban on the full veil
Donne con il burqa (archivio L Unione Sarda)
Swiss voters are ruling today on the ban on the full veil. The referendum Yes to the prohibition of concealing one s face , or anti-burqa initiative, as it has been renamed, aims to ban the concealment of the face in public spaces and was promoted by numerous representatives of the Democratic Union party in the center (UDC / right conservative). According to the latest polls, the outcome of the vote appears to be in the balance. Yes seems to prevail, but support for the text, opposed by the government and the majority of parliament, has eroded during the campaign and 49% are in favor, 47% of respondents are against and 4% are still undecided.
Switzerland voted Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places, with the result on a knife-edge, according to early projections based on exit polls. Swiss public radio estimates th…
Voters in Switzerland on Sunday narrowly approved a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and.