Swiss electorate decides suicide is not painless
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If you like the results of Brexit, you’d love the proposal by the Swiss right to put an arbitrary cap on the country’s population. Unlike in Dear Old Blighty, a majority of the Swiss electorate understood this in time:
Voters in Switzerland appeared on Sunday to have rejected an unprecedented far-right proposal to cap the country’s population at 10 million in a divisive referendum dubbed “the Swiss Brexit”.
A projection by the national broadcaster SRF, which traditionally calls referendum votes, showed that about 55% of voters were against the proposal by the Swiss People’s party (SVP) and about 45% were in favour.
A different outcome would have obliged the Swiss government to limit the population, currently 9.1 million, to 10 million by 2050, enacting tough restrictions on family reunification, residency permits and asylum if the number had reached 9.5 million before that date.
The 45% yes vote is more than a little disturbing, but a win is a win.