such steps are controversial

Yet all such steps are controversial on the home front, for the People’s Party in particular sees Swiss neutrality as being endangered. “Neutrality is what has protected us. That too is a part of the overall design of Swiss defence,” insists senator Salzmann. Going it alone militarily brings the risk of being left to stand alone in the event of war. “One can only wonder how it can be in NATO’s interests to provide defence for a rich country which takes the liberty of making minimal efforts of self-defence and itself refuses to provide support in times of crisis.” This is what well-known strategy expert Mauro Mantovani said recently in an opinion piece in the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung. สล็อตเว็บตรง