In 2004, the same SVP had success in restricting the naturalization laws for prospective new Swiss citizens, something which the party campaigned for again last year. Both times, this illustration was used on posters, showing thieving hands of many skin colours reaching into a pile of Swiss passports. Swiss naturalization laws are already among the strictest in the world.
More than a century later, in 2007, we find these somewhat less explicit posters in Switzerland, promoting the right wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) and various supported initiatives. This poster roughly translates as "Free pass for all? NO". The issue at hand was a vote on the 8th of February on whether the country should carry on its policy of mutual open labour markets with the European Union, and also extend this to new EU members Bulgaria and Romania.
Naturally, the birds trying to get a bite out of Switzerland aren't white doves or owls, they're crows, black as the night, with obvious symbolism. In any case, the SVPs campaign failed and the policy of open labour markets was extended.
Fuente: Crestock.com
