Nationalist People's Party sweeps to Swiss power

The nationalist Swiss People’s Party swept to victory with the highest share of the vote in parliamentary elections today following an anti-foreigner campaign, according to projections by state-owned Swiss television. The Greens and Social Democrats also picked up seats.

While no party came close to having enough votes to form a government on its own, the outcome will give the People’s Party a bigger voice in the formation of the Federal Council, the seven-member cabinet that governs Switzerland. That in turn would likely increase the nationalist tone of government policy.