Swiss voters to decide the future of their neutrality

Switzerland is holding a major vote on whether to keep its strict policy of staying out of foreign conflicts.

Switzerland is famous for staying out of wars. For centuries, the country has kept a policy of "neutrality." This means they don't take sides in global fights. They don't join military groups like NATO, and they usually try to stay neutral in political arguments between other countries. But now, voters are heading to the polls to decide if things should change. A right-wing political party in Switzerland wants to make these rules much tighter. They want to put the idea of neutrality directly into the country’s constitution. This would make it much harder for the government to take any acti…