The Federal Council wants to explore the possibilities of joining the European Union’s €800-billion rearmament programme without compromising Swiss neutrality.

The Federal Council wants to explore the possibilities of joining the European Union’s €800-billion rearmament programme without compromising Swiss neutrality.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/switzerland-eyes-joining-eu-rearmament-programme/89669912

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  • clucose@lemmy.ml
    4·
    3 months ago

    Like they didn’t allow their ammo to be delivered to Ukraine. They seem to be an unreliable partner for Europe.

  • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    This is Switzerland so money should outweigh neutrality and they’ll make a boat load of money off this while quietly re-installing cold war era explosives on some bridges.

    • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
      3·
      3 months ago

      If they want to put bombs into their bridges: it’s their country.

      I’m more concerned that they could indeed be included. I had hoped that the last fiasco with Swiss arms where Ukraine wasn’t allowed to by ammunition to defend themselves from being invaded, would put all Swiss arms on a big DO NOT BUY list.