Switzerland has narrowly rejected a Swiss People’s Party (SVP) proposal to cap its population at 10 million.
The measure was defeated by 54.8% to 45.2% on a turnout of 59%, well above the 48% referendum average. The Government, business groups and the EU lined up against the cap, branding the plan a “chaos initiative” and a “Swiss Brexit”.
The cap would have been a world first. “This has legitimised talk about capping the population.
The genie is out of the bottle,” said a Green Party lawmaker. The Swiss population stands at 9.1 million, 41% of them coming from a migration background. Read more at Reuters, The European Conservative and Breitbart.
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