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Thinking of applying for a Swiss passport? Better brush up on your German, French, Italian or Romansh first.

The Swiss Senate recently backed the House of Representatives by voting not to grant citizenship to anyone unable to communicate proficiently in one of the four nationally recognised languages, according to the Zurich daily newspaper, the TagesAnzeiger.

Good language skills are important for integration, said Roberto Schmidt, member of the Christian Democratic Party (CVP) from Valais. Therefore, he added, it is right to strengthen the citizenship law. Not only will applicants need to demonstrate their language skills by passing a verbal language test, but also their "integration success"...

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