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SirHerald t1_j63h1gb wrote

Neutral: Making and selling ammunition to another country at a profit.

Not Neutral: Allowing that other country to let someone else defend themselves with it.

What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

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BezugssystemCH1903 OP t1_j63rbnc wrote

Zapp: "I hate these filthy Neutrals, Kif. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me."

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BonersMalone69 t1_j643txy wrote

All about the banks. The Swiss don’t give a shit about who wins, so long as they keep making money.

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Yazaroth t1_j63l16w wrote

We are not angry, just very dissapointed with you.

We may have to rethink our relationship.

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wnvyujlx t1_j63msz3 wrote

As a German I've been disappointed with the Swiss since they sold bankdata to our government, but still like their pocket knives.

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leaking_oil t1_j63glqp wrote

Oh Smithers, the Germans are trying to get me!

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BezugssystemCH1903 OP t1_j63g7n1 wrote

Germany is not angry over Bern’s refusal to allow Berlin to re-export Swiss-made ammunition to Ukraine, says the German ambassador to Switzerland.

But Switzerland "also benefits from the security that its neighbours provide with NATO," Michael Flügger said in an interview published on Friday by newspapers ArcInfo, Le Nouvelliste and La Liberté.

Switzerland has previously rejected appeals from Germany to allow it to re-export Swiss-made ammunition to Ukraine, saying such a move would violate its neutrality. On January 11 Spain also said Switzerland was refusing to allow it to re-export war materiel to Ukraine. But pressure has been rising for Bern to review its policies, including at the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum (WEF) it recently hosted in Davos.

"We are only talking about re-exports of ammunition produced in Switzerland and bought by Germany 20 years ago, for anti-aircraft and therefore defensive systems,” ambassador Flügger told the Swiss newspapers. "Nobody was asking Switzerland to deliver arms to Ukraine."

He also notes that Switzerland is contributing to the reconstruction of Ukraine. "But is it really logical to wait until the infrastructure is destroyed before acting?” he asks. The ambassador warned that if ever Germany had to enter a conflict, it would have “no time to lose in negotiating authorisations from Switzerland for the ammunition it has already bought”.

A Swiss parliamentary committee on Tuesday proposed waiving the controversial re-export ban that prevents Swiss-made ammunition from being re-exported from another country to Ukraine. The recommendation passed with 14 in favour and 11 against and will require approval from parliament.

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jhaden_ t1_j63lbfi wrote

>A Swiss parliamentary committee on Tuesday proposed waiving the controversial re-export ban that prevents Swiss-made ammunition from being re-exported from another country to Ukraine. The recommendation passed with 14 in favour and 11 against and will require approval from parliament

So assuming approval from parliament, this is a non-issue? Or am I missing something?

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BezugssystemCH1903 OP t1_j63qs9u wrote

Well, it will take some time and we have a right-wing party, the green party and an association that is completely against the army and they are against it.

As always, we will find ourselves somewhere in the middle, probably as a temporary law to keep everyone happy.

Perhaps the citizens will also vote on it.

It is a start.

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ds2isthebestone t1_j63vo69 wrote

Senate is almost the hardest to pass-by, so this is good news. I do think our parliament will approve it. Worse that can happen afterward is a referendum by the people to counter it, but it would arrive too late to stop Switzerland from supplying ammunitions to Germany and therefore, Ukraine.

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Disastrous_Dig_2798 t1_j63lw4w wrote

well it seems germany will force itself into this just to force switz' to get off thier arses it seems

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BezugssystemCH1903 OP t1_j63r0au wrote

That's not how it works for us.

We will all talk to each other first and in the future a committee of several parties or even possibly the voters will have to decide.

It was the same with Corona.

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SquashedKiwifruit t1_j65tn0b wrote

Sounds like they should stop purchasing arms from the Swiss.

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