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Switzerland
Switzerland held elections this Sunday as well:
The last of these apparently loomed large, with right wing populists as the largest winners in the Assembly, though still nowhere near a majority:
The SPP already held two of the seven seats on the Federal Council and there impressive showing in this election will probably not change that. However, that doesn’t mean the Council won’t change: things in the Senate were too close to call between two other parties, the Centre Party and the Radical Liberals, and they will have to hold another runoff election:
Check out @MartianNight’s more detailed writeup on the election here for more detail!
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