Christoph Blocher
Switzerland
Swiss People's
Member of the Swiss National Council
government
Christoph Wolfram Blocher is a Swiss industrialist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2007. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he headed the Federal Department of Justice and Police. As an industrialist, he became wealthy as CEO and majority shareholder in the EMS-Chemie corporation, now run by his daughter, Magdalena Martullo-Blocher.
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Sep 27, 2026
Far Left
The Swiss billionaire's initiative to safeguard neutrality is up for a referendum on 27 September, with polls showing the majority opposed.
LFI watches this as a bellwether for the far-right's ability to weaponise neutrality and sovereignty against international solidarity, a playbook RN would love to import.