A Swiss parliamentary committee recommended that the leader of a far-right party should be prosecuted for calling earlier this year for a Swiss boycott of American and Jewishmade goods. The committee also recommended that Rudolf Keller of the Swiss Democratic Party be stripped of his parliamentary immunity so that he can be tried on the charges. Keller made his call after U.S. finance officials threatened a boycott of Swiss goods to increase pressure on Swiss banks to settle claims dating from the Nazi era.
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