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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1999, June 13 | |
| In a national referendum, Swiss voters supported a proposal to further restrict the influx of foreign refugees seeking asylum in mountain-protected Switzerland. | 1 |
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| In elections for the National Council, the nativist Swiss People's Party had the largest total vote and won the second-largest number of seats, which threatened to destabilize Switzerland's four-party ruling coalition. The party's campaign platform opposed immigration and advocated European isolationism. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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