**************************************************************** Switzerland: Radicals lose ground as elections draw closer http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Radicals_lose_ground_as_elections_draw_closer.html?siteSect=105&sid=8159777 Support for the Green Party, which is hoping to become a significant new force in parliament, has declined slightly and fallen below the ten per cent mark. The Green Party would have 9.5 per cent, back under the ten per cent barrier which they broke through earlier in the year, but still two percentage points up on their score in the 2003 elections. As for those who are chiefly worried about climate change, 68 per cent think the Greens are best placed to tackle the issue. But the Greens have the problem of being seen as a single-issue party. Even among its own voters, it cannot be identified with any other major topic, the gfs.bern institute noted. If the environment were to stop being a major concern for the Swiss, the impressive gains made by the Greens over the past few months could melt away... just like the Swiss glaciers that are subject to global warming.
