我们必须回到1815年的维也纳会议，那是瑞士中立地位获得国际承认的时刻。拿破仑战败后，欧洲列强在重建力量平衡时希望有一个稳定的缓冲区。当时没有手机相机；是伟大的法国艺术家让-巴蒂斯特·伊萨贝的作品记录了这次会议。
A referendum on whether Swiss neutrality should be more strictly, legally enforced in the Constitution. We have to go back to the Congress of Vienna in 1815, to the moment Swiss neutrality was internationally recognised. After the defeat of Napoleon, European powers wanted a stable buffer as the balance of power was being reconstructed. There were no camera phones back then; it is the work of the great French artist Jean-Baptiste Isabey that captures the meeting.
1907年，瑞士将其声称的中立成文法典化，即不在军事上支持任何交战方。但这不适用于经济措施，瑞士于2022年加入欧盟对俄罗斯的制裁。
In 1907, Switzerland codified its stated neutrality, not militarily supporting one belligerent or another. But it doesn't apply to economic measures, and Switzerland joined the EU in sanctions on Russia in 2022.