Antisemitism in Switzerland – The Federal Council examines the ban on Nazi symbols

– Federal Council considers banning Nazi symbols

Should Switzerland sanction the display of swastikas in public spaces? Karin Keller-Sutter eventually comes to terms on the issue.

Posted today at 6:30 p.m.

An antivax protester hijacks a yellow star in Berlin.

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Change of situation in the file of the prohibition of Nazi symbols: the Federal Council will look into the subject. Minister Karin Keller-Sutter instructed the Federal Office of Justice “to examine the need for action and the possibilities for action on the legal level”, indicates the Department of Justice and Police. He confirms information published on Friday in the “Tages-Anzeiger”. The work has already started.

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An attitude that contrasts with the position expressed barely a month ago and which has earned the Federal Council a fire of criticism. On February 2, the government said it was opposed to the idea of ​​making the use and display in public space of Nazi symbols, such as the swastika or the Hitler salute, punishable.