Swiss elections

Submitted by myth (Germany), May 29, 2014 at 08:50

dhimmi no more, the West can be very late embracing both democracy and gender equality. The regular Swiss referendum on the lowest and the highest level of decision making has been the highlight of European democracy. Yet it was the Swiss who only recently gave women the vote.

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".