Word: lutz
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...However, political analysts like Lutz believe the talk of opposition is pure braggadocio. "The SVP has been threatening and bullying politicians and population for a long time," he says...
...Many people got fed up with Blocher's aggressive and combative manner," says Georg Lutz, a political scientist at Bern University. "When you are part of a coalition government you should try to find common ground with the others. But he just pursued his own agenda and polarized the whole country...
...office, expressed their satisfaction that "democracy has prevailed." And, in a nationwide survey conducted shortly after the election, 60 percent of Swiss citizens said they were happy about Blocher's exclusion. "There is a big sense of relief that the legislators were brave enough to force this change," Lutz says...
...Aside from shaking up Switzerland's placid political scene, Blocher's downfall "will not have any radical impact in terms of policy or stability," Lutz says, because under the Swiss system of direct, grass-roots democracy voters can challenge any legislative decision by launching a referendum...
...terms of Switzerland's image abroad, where Blocher's antics have been generating headlines, no major changes are expected either. "We are not known around the world for the SVP or Blocher," Lutz says. "We are known for Roger Federer and chocolate...