Swiss views on leaving ECHR – watch GB News video interview set up by CIBUK.Org and Facts4EU.Org
CIBUK.org
Posted On April 15, 2024
The Swiss say no to the ECHR’s ruling against them last week, as Martin Daubney explains
We present the GB News video, plus more information about the Swiss independence movement
On Friday Martin Daubney, presenter on GB News and former Brexit Party MEP, interviewed one of our international colleagues from Switzerland about leaving the ECHR. This came about after our report on Thursday about the ECHR ruling against Switzerland on ‘climate change’, which will affect the UK. The CIBUK.Org and Brexit Facts4EU.Org team made this happen and the five-minute video is below.
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Firstly, who are ‘Pro Schweiz’ and what do they believe in?
Pro Switzerland movement campaigning in Bern Referendum on Thursday
© Pro Schweiz 2024 – click to enlarge
The GB News interviewee is Stephan Rieteker, the President of Pro Schweiz, a Swiss independence movement which has successfully combined three organisations into one and and created a powerful voice for ordinary Swiss people who value their traditional freedoms.
Brexit Facts4EU.Org and CIBUK.Org have worked with this Swiss movement for some time and are delighted to have secured this GB News platform to inform the British public about the act of the Court of the ECHR to rule against this sovereign, non-EU country. Martin Daubney is fair-minded and covers stories the BBC will not touch.
Once again we must stress that this ECHR ruling about climate change against Switzerland affects the UK which will now be subject to claims for damages. This arises because the UK still follows ECHR case law, no matter how dubious the grounds for their judgements might be, nor by how much they are extending their remit so far beyond what was envisaged in the original treaty last century.
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Here is the GB News interview,
with Martin Daubney asking the questions
Summary
The threats to the Swiss way of life from the EU and others, as Pro Schweiz sees them
- “Serious efforts by the country’s political elite to surrender our independence and align ourself with centralized supra-organizations like the EU and NATO
- “The strong centralist tendencies of international organizations wanting to bring countries around the world into line with each other
- “Ever-increasing efforts by a small domestic minority to erode the freedoms of our citizens and to indoctrinate and dictate to them”
The organisation goes on to say:
- “Pro Switzerland wants to put a stop to this! Pro Switzerland respects Swiss tradition. Pro Switzerland is not politically affiliated. It is not interested in ideologies and party political bickering, but purely and simply in the best solutions for our country and our people, for freedom, peace, independence, safety and prosperity.
- “Pro Switzerland wants to create framework conditions and opportunities for young people in particular to thrive.”
[Source: Pro Switzerland movement]
Observations
Firstly, thank goodness for GB News. At least there is one mainstream broadcaster that will cover important stories like this. We are grateful to Martin Daubney for picking up our story, understanding its importance, and interviewing our Swiss colleague.
We would love to be proved wrong but we simply can’t imagine the BBC or Sky News or ITN inviting Dr Rieteker on to their channels.
Switzerland’s neutrality and NATO
Many British and international readers will identify with the concerns of Pro Swizerland and the Swiss people.
The only area of difference for British readers may be the principle of the centuries-old tradition of Swiss neutrality, which means they will not join NATO. Now that previously-neutral Sweden has joined NATO, we believe there is value in one European country maintaining its neutrality. This is not always seen by the public but it has great diplomatic value in times of conflict, as a place where antogonists can negotiate peace on neutral soil.
Finally, we ARE getting the messages out there. Please support us in doing far more.
CIBUK would like to thank Brexit Facts4EU.Org for their kind permission to republish this article. A copy of the original can be found here.
Main image: Montage © Facts4EU.Org 2024
