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Article: Swiss voters to decide payout to new EU members
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- July 12, 2006
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Swiss voters to decide payout to new EU members
GENEVA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Swiss voters will have the final word
on whether the country should pay a financial contribution to the 10
newest European Union countries.
The rightwing Swiss People's Party, a major party in the Swiss
parliament, announced on Wednesday that it had succeeded in gathering
enough signatures to force a referendum on the issue.
The party said it had collected more than 70,000 signatures from
the population, far more than the 50,000 needed for a referendum to
go ahead.
The vote is expected to take place on Nov. 26 this year.
Switzerland, which is not a member of the EU, had pledged to pay 1
billion Swiss francs ...