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This week, an initiative aimed at making it easier to become Swiss cleared the 100,000 signature hurdle required to qualify for a referendum, reported RTS. Switzerland is one of the most difficult places to gain citizenship. The referendum, for which 104,603 valid signatures were collected, aims to make naturalisation easier in several ways. Currently, there is a 10-year residence requirement, the last 5 of which must have been on a C-permit. The initiative wants this cut to 5 years on any permit. It also wants to remove other requirements, such as evidence of integration and the requirement to not have received welfare in the years preceding an application for citizenship. Other requirements, such as mastering the local language and not having a criminal record, would remain but be applied less strictly. Language requirements would be lowered to a basic level and only crimes that result in long prison sentences would be considered when disqualifying someone from citizenship. Non citizens are largely excluded from voting. Some exceptions allow some to vote at a municipal level. The vote organisers point out that around a quarter of Switzerland’s population are not Swiss. Excluding such a significant part of the population from the democratic process is undemocratic. Swiss citizens on the other hand get to decide on issues that sometimes specifically affect non-Swiss residents. The initiative’s website sets out the arguments of the organisers in more detail.Oklahoma State vs Texas Tech: How to watch, top storylines, player to watch and who wins
Rarely are new cars everything they're promised. It's even rarer that those vehicles truly draw a line in the sand for the future of the brand. It's no exaggeration to say that the Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class sedan is well on its way to doing both of those things. Everything about it is new, even the double-spoke steering wheel that looks familiar but features a host of revised haptic areas that hopefully address the issues with errant touches the current wheel has. Mercedes-Benz invited Newsweek to Austria to be among the first in the world outside the company to experience the car. There, I rode passenger side to an experienced driver who just happened to be the project lead for the car, Axel Heix, the director of development for Mercedes-Benz's compact cars. As he deftly steered the battery-electric version of the CLA through the drifting, blowing snow on the icy roads of the Timmelsjoch mountain pass, he answered some of my questions while allowing me enough time to look and feel around the car. Getting in, I immediately noticed the two-tone seats, covered in leather or a like-leather synthetic material. The main charcoal-colored upholstery was accented by lime green inserts along the edge and contrast stitching. That stitching and material continued onto the doors, which were well-appointed and cushioned on the top near the window and below on the edge of the shallow door pocked that was closest to my leg. Even the headliner was premium looking and feeling. Seat adjustment hardware is new and elegant, offering smooth, curved representation of the fixtures that have been a staple in Mercedes vehicles for a decade. Tiny bits of piano black plastic surrounded the window controls, creating depth and adding character. These are all small touches that are easy to cut from the roster in favor of cheaper, less finger-friendly materials and parts bin bits to eliminate costs. Mercedes hasn't and it is most welcome. The look is richer than the C-Class by a "metric mile" as my grandmother would say. Granted, this wasn't a production model, but the CLA didn't creak and groan like the C-Class I had been in earlier that day either. The dashboard was mostly covered by a fabric disguise. Under that disguise is a flat-facing infotainment touchscreen that is new to the company's lineup. This setup is a departure from what other automakers are doing, including Nio, Polestar and BYD who have tablet-like screens mounted to their dashboards. Mercedes has installed a fresh version of the company's operating software (MB.OS) on the screen. It has evolved to take on a new, Apple-like appearance, full of rich color, eye-pleasing screens, nested buttons and layered visuals. That screen controls the company's auditory component for the EV, offering three types of sound, less cartoon spaceship-like than what other automakers offer, that the car can make when being propelled. It also serves as the touchpoint for the in-car camera, single-zone climate control and device connectivity. The company's Chief Technology Officer, Markus Schäfer told Newsweek last month that Will.i.am's co-developed Sound Drive would be installed in vehicles across the lineup via an over-the-air update soon, and the CLA is no exception an engineer told me. In front of the passenger is an entertainment screen straight out of the E-Class playbook. A fresh driver information screen with crisp graphics flows seamlessly into the other two. Buttons are kept to a minimum in the CLA. If you are a student of the current-generation Mercedes models, you have an idea of what to expect here. Unlike other reviewers who were treated to a ride in the CLA the week before in less treacherous weather conditions, I didn't have the opportunity to be propelled up the mountain pass at speed or get to experience the car under wet conditions. Instead, Heix drove the car through whiteout conditions that never caused confidence in the car nor driver to be lost. More than once the car was nearly beached on deep snow but by using the torque allocation of its rear and front motors, and a bit of know-how, it kept moving when others, including the GLE leading the way, were stuck. Sitting in the front and back of the CLA was easy for someone of average size, and though it was tight in the second row for those closer to 6'5" than 6'0", it was able to be done with the glass roof featured in the car. There wasn't a lot of legroom back there, but it was do-able even with taller adults up front. That said, it was quite the comfortable place to spend an hour. The stylish and refined CLA takes full advantage of its lack of transmission tunnel to present console area storage possibilities and thankfully leaves circular air vents mostly in the past. The CLA will debut a few months from now and come to market with powertrain options - hybrid and battery-electric. When it arrives, the battle lines will have been drawn with its premium and luxury automaker rivals all taking notes. Mercedes hasn't just shown up to play. They've shown up to dominate.
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