June 14 Vote: Swiss Set To Reject Cap On Population, Says Poll

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) With less than two weeks to go until a nationwide vote, 52% of respondents are against the“No to ten million!” immigration initiative, according to the second Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) poll. Select your language

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On the second issue to be decided on June 14 – tightening the conditions for access to civilian service – supporters and opponents are neck and neck.

The immigration initiative, put forward by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, seeks to limit Switzerland's population to ten million by 2050 by drastically restricting immigration. It is currently 9.1 million.

While the yes and no camps were evenly matched at the beginning of May, opponents of the initiative have now gained the upper hand, according to the second SBC poll: 52% of respondents were opposed to the initiative. The no camp has gained five percentage points since the first poll. The initiative still garners 45% support, while 3% remain undecided.

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The no vote among the Swiss Abroad, which was already pronounced a month ago, has increased even further: 63% would reject the population cap, 33% are in favour and 4% still have no opinion.

Lukas Golder, a political scientist at the gfs institute which conducted the poll, points out that the Swiss Abroad benefit from the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons with the EU, which, according to the initiative, will be terminated as a last resort.“The Swiss Abroad are sceptical about the People's Party's proposals to limit immigration. They have rejected them all in recent years, as they did in the 2014 vote on the initiative against mass immigration, which was nonetheless accepted by a majority of voters,” Golder points out.

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