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They're such bullies. It also shows how awful democracy can be. They just change the legalese around until it goes trough. It has already been voted against, yet they want the control and do whatever they can to get it.
It somewhat works here (Switzerland) since the Volksentscheid is holy and pulling that stunt gets a lot of people really upset about not honoring that choice.
But yeah democracies need rules against repeated attempts, since this is an exploit violating the idea of a democracy. In Germany, this is already a problem, called Salamitaktik (Salami slicing tactic).
What about the new internet surveillance law being pushed that Proton is moving it's infrastructure out of Switzerland to avoid? Is there any pushback to that?
Complex theme, so less pushback. I only said "somewhat". But at least the federal court is competent.