I’m trying to understand the real-world impact of the “No 10 million Switzerland” initiative beyond the campaign slogans. For everybody who doesn’t know what that is, here a short tl;dr: It’s not just meant to be a symbolic population cap. It would legally require Switzerland to keep the population below 10 million by 2050, with concrete trigger points along the way. Once the population reaches around 9.5 million, the government would already be forced to take measures to curb immigration (e.g. tightening asylum rules, limiting family reunification, renegotiating international agreements, the whole shebang). If the limit is exceeded and measures don’t work, the initiative explicitly obliges Switzerland to terminate the Agreement on Free Movement of Persons with the EU, which would likely also affect the broader bilateral agreements. So the question is: Would this actually lead to major structural changes (immigration cuts, end of free movement, pressure on bilaterals due to the guillotine clause), or would it realistically end up being implemented in a watered-down way - and celebrated as a huuuuuuge victory by the SVP like previous initiatives (e.g. the “Inländervorrang light” after the 2014 vote)? submitted by /u/ExternalEfficient248
Originally posted by u/ExternalEfficient248 on r/Switzerland