Answer by Relaxed for How does the Swiss system for Einbürgerung...
To complement Bregalad's answer, note that this Einbürgerung is related to the concept of naturalisation you are familiar with. In Switzerland, the federal authorities merely issue an “authorisation”...
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Historically, in Switzerland, you are really a citizen of a municipality, before being citizen of a canton and of the Swiss Confederation. There was also a strong tie between your family name and the...
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Around ten years ago, I read in a Swiss newspaper article in NZZ am Sontag about a mayor who was not accepted as a citizen of his own village. I have found the article on the internet:«Dickschädel aus...
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