Switzerland's 'Trump': Reuters - Swiss right-wing icon Blocher says will stay on to annoy enemies
Christoph Blocher, the combative populist who helped make the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) the dominant force in national politics, says he will push his anti-EU and anti-immigration campaigns even after quitting his last party post.
Under Blocher's influence, the conservative SVP has developed a eurosceptic and anti-immigration agenda that has shaken up the cozy post-war consensual system prevailing in neutral Switzerland.
To his fans, Blocher is a heroic defender of traditional Swiss values who has turned a party of farmers and small businessmen into a political powerhouse. To critics he is a divisive figure whose anti-immigration policies have destabilized Switerland.
"Unfortunately the people have to decide the important things such as deporting foreign criminals, preventing mass immigration, preserving independence and fighting EU membership because the other parties are deceiving the people," Blocher told the paper, accusing rival parties of "dictatorial tendencies".
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-blocher-idUSKCN0UP0WE20160111
There seem to be 'Trumps' everywhere these days.
