DefenceTalkSwitzerland’s voters Sunday rejected a plan to axe the country’s military draft, bucking Europe’s anti-conscription trend and sticking to a tradition as Swiss as chocolate and cheese. Results from Sunday’s referendum showed an overwhelming 73 percent vote against scrapping compulsory military service, and just 27 percent in favour. Armed neutrality has been the cornerstone of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/swiss-reject-plan-to-scrap-military-draft-49188/

DefenceTalkSwiss voters will head to the ballot box Sunday to decide whether to abolish their conscript army, as much a part of the Alpine nation’s image as direct democracy, chocolate and cheese. Countries across Europe have ditched the draft in the two decades since the end of the Cold War, and pro-change campaigners say Switzerland […]https://www.defencetalk.com/swiss-to-vote-on-military-draft-a-national-bedrock-49125/