A good month from now, the swiss people will decide on the popular initiative called Ecopop.
Earlier this year, we made the news with the new immigration limits that stand in conflict with the previously agreed upon bilateral treaties with the EU.
Now comes an even more extreme push:
The initiative demands, that the increase of the permanent population of Switzerland due to immigration over three years must not exceed 0.2% per year.
Given the current population that would be roughly 16000 immigrants per year. At the moment the number is more around 90000.
As a new twist, they try to sell the whole deal as inspirated by the wish for a more eco-friendly societey..
this time not even the SVP would support the initiative (though the AUNS does - the AUNS pretty much being to the SVP being what the Tea Party is to the GOP), so chances are small that this gets through, but even so it looks like a sizeable chunk of the population will vote in favour of it :/
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/immigration-caps-to-reduce-ecological-footprint/40598374
Earlier this year, we made the news with the new immigration limits that stand in conflict with the previously agreed upon bilateral treaties with the EU.
Now comes an even more extreme push:
The initiative demands, that the increase of the permanent population of Switzerland due to immigration over three years must not exceed 0.2% per year.
Given the current population that would be roughly 16000 immigrants per year. At the moment the number is more around 90000.
As a new twist, they try to sell the whole deal as inspirated by the wish for a more eco-friendly societey..
this time not even the SVP would support the initiative (though the AUNS does - the AUNS pretty much being to the SVP being what the Tea Party is to the GOP), so chances are small that this gets through, but even so it looks like a sizeable chunk of the population will vote in favour of it :/
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/immigration-caps-to-reduce-ecological-footprint/40598374