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...Despite its inflammatory discourse, the SVP - which has morphed from a small agrarian party into a national force with the largest number of seats in the parliament - insists it is not against all immigrants. "We welcome those who come legally and respect our laws," Schluer says...
...immigrants and refugees, and some 22% of the population are now foreign-born, including such celebrities as Formula 1 racing driver Michael Schumacher, singers Shania Twain, Tina Turner and Phil Collins, and many others. But the influx of newcomers from Eastern Europe and Africa, many of whom the SVP charges are engaged in drug dealing and other criminal activities, has stoked widespread fears of a way of life under threat...
...Those concerns have strengthened Pomy farmer Andr? Chevalley's support for the SVP. Sitting at a wooden table in his sprawling farmhouse, Chevalley says that "bad" foreigners have no place in Switzerland. "If they commit a crime, they have to be thrown out," he says. "I absolutely think the SVP has the right idea...
...Nearby, in the village's community hall, mayor Grin - elected on the SVP ticket - says the party's platform of fiscal conservatism and tightening asylum and naturalization laws, reflects the core values of his village: "The vast majority of people here relate to those ideas and follow faithfully the party's platform, whatever the issue...
...Despite the absence of "foreign criminals" in their midst, Pomy's burghers are converting to the SVP cause. "I rarely voted for the SVP in the past," says a woman tending her garden at the village's edge, who identifies herself only as Yvette. "But the foreigner problem is getting out of hand, and only SVP is offering solutions...