The authorities should be allowed to order forced relocations if there is a medium-term risk of a natural event, according to 58% of participants in a survey. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A survey for Blick found that 39% of respondents thought it was wrong, or somewhat wrong, for the authorities to force people to leave their residence if there is only a medium-term risk. The remaining 3% did not express their opinion on the matter. A possible forced resettlement in the event of a medium-term risk met with cross-party approval, as shown in a chart that was also published. Supporters of the centrist Liberal Green Party were the most clearly in favour of the authorities having the necessary powers. The proposal met with the least approval among the right-wing Swiss People's Party supporters, with 50% of them in favour or somewhat in favour. + Blatten: what price for preserving Swiss mountain life? Thomas Egger, director of the Swiss Association for ...
