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Swiss Politicians Push to Cancel F-35 Fighter-Jet Deal After US Tariffs (www.swissinfo.ch)

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[–] Raylon@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a Swiss - no, this is sadly still not really contested by any parties besides greens and socialists. Maybe some singular politicians from center and center-right, but our government made it very clear that they still intend to buy the jets.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

It's like when bidden admin was in talks about ceasefire newsbite for solely PR reasons.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250429-biden-never-pressured-israel-for-ceasefire-as-israeli-officials-boast-of-exploiting-us-support/

Classic, "notice us being logical/moral/emphatic/anti fascism" PR messaging while the deal's already been made or is certain, so that they can go "we tried" rhetoric later.