Since their attack on the peace negotiations between the Central Powers and the Latin-American allies, Réveil de France had once more been driven underground.
Kept alive by wealthy patrons from within France and Switzerland with an anti-German agenda. They had only managed to evade the Swiss Federal Police and their ruthless pursuit thanks to such aid.
But over a year had passed since then, and the Swiss Confederation was facing a wide variety of issues. This allowed them to re-surge, and grow exponentially.
From the perspective of the French-speaking minority. Switzerland's downward trend was the result of covert German hostility.
And while they had no hard evidence to support the idea that Germany was actively undermining the Swiss Confederation in an attempt at annexation. The rhetoric was enough to convince many of those affected by Switzerland's economic and political spirals to their cause.
