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Article: All shook up? The December expulsion of controversial justice minister Christoph Blocher provoked expressions of outrage from his right-wing Swiss People's Party and an immediate declaration that it would go into opposition. But in a country not used to confrontational politics, how exactly will the People's Party follow up on that threat--and will the left live to regret December's cleverly-orchestrated coup?(POLITICS)
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- February 1, 2008
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The Swiss People's Party had frequently threatened to pull out of government and press on with its right-wing agenda as a force of opposition. But when it finally decided to do so, following Christoph Blocher's de-selection at the end of last year, the party quickly found itself in uncharted territory.
The party faithful themselves were adamant that they were in fact forced into opposition after the left-wing Social Democrats and centre-right Christian Democrats ganged up in an impressively well-organised fashion to oust Blocher from his government seat.
Their rivals countered that the party brought its fate on itself--by issuing parliament with the ...
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