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Now playing Next Switzerland Switzerland veers further to the right as SVP makes election gains Europe’s far-right seems to be a family affair. After the rise of Marine Le Pen in France, now billionaire Christoph Blocher’s billionaire daughter 19/10/2015
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Now playing Next Switzerland Switzerland's new president to focus on 'people power' The new Swiss president faces the tough task of reconciling referendum votes with international commitments 03/12/2014
Now playing Next Business Swiss gold's S.O.S The Swiss National Bank currently faces one of its biggest challenges – Save Our Swiss Gold – a referendum on its gold holdings organised by the 25/11/2014
