Last but not least: just stick with it
The "Yes" Committee of the youth wings of the political parties in favor of the free movement of persons has filed a lawsuit against SVP National Council member Lukas Reimann. The reason: He is parodying the "Yes" Committee's website. Not only does the site have a nearly identical name, but it also looks almost exactly the same.
The Yes Committee of the Young Parties for the Free Movement of Persons has sued SVP National Councillor Lukas Reimann. The reason: he is parodying the website of the Yes committee in order to campaign for a No vote on February 8. The two internet domains have almost identical names and look confusingly similar. On www.dabei-bleiben.ch, the young parties of the SP, FDP, CVP and the Greens present their arguments for the continuation and extension of the free movement of persons with the EU. They are campaigning for a no vote on www.dabeibleiben.ch.
Lukas Reimann, SVP National Councillor from St. Gallen and President of the Young4Fun organization, is behind the internet domain without a hyphen. Lukas Reimann told the SDA news agency on Tuesday that he wanted to annoy the Yes committee a little with this campaign. And he succeeded. Lena Schneller, President of the Young Liberals Switzerland, said on request: "At first, the Yes Committee laughed about it. However, as more and more feedback came in from unsettled people, Reimann was asked several times to take his website offline.
Reimann did not comply with the request. Schneller subsequently appealed to the Meilen district court. In a super-provisional injunction issued on December 19, Reimann was ordered to shut down his website with immediate effect. Of course, you could just leave it at that.
Lukas Reimann, SVP National Councillor from St. Gallen and President of the Young4Fun organization, is behind the internet domain without a hyphen. Lukas Reimann told the SDA news agency on Tuesday that he wanted to annoy the Yes committee a little with this campaign. And he succeeded. Lena Schneller, President of the Young Liberals Switzerland, said on request: "At first, the Yes Committee laughed about it. However, as more and more feedback came in from unsettled people, Reimann was asked several times to take his website offline.
Reimann did not comply with the request. Schneller subsequently appealed to the Meilen district court. In a super-provisional injunction issued on December 19, Reimann was ordered to shut down his website with immediate effect. Of course, you could just leave it at that.
