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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by tonfa on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:01PM (#48451009)
Especially after we saw how happy the EU was to negotiate (they didn't budge) when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Swiss_immigration_initiat... passed.

The new initiative is basically the same, but with no leeway to ignore it.

(that said I suspect if it passes, there will be something tied to the bilateral referendum in 2027/28 to try to supersede it)

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:07PM (#48451097)
> if it passes, there will be something tied to the bilateral referendum in 2027/28 to try to supersede it

This is my thinking, too. If it really comes down to Chexit-or-nothing, we’ll have another referendum.

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by ceejayoz on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:13PM (#48451200)
That was the UK's thinking, too. "We won't have a hard Brexit! Of course they'll negotiate a plan!"
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:27PM (#48451425)
And then the UK delivered an Article 50 notice. That isn’t something this referendum would force.
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by ceejayoz on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:28PM (#48451449)
The UK's referendum was also non-binding, in theory.
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:36PM (#48451583)
> UK's referendum was also non-binding, in theory

If SVP gets control of government they’ll probably try to Chexit irrespective of any referendum power. That’s orthogonal to this question.

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by tonfa on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:44PM (#48451711)
Well there's anyway going to be a referendum about the bilateral. (which is why I find the initiative somewhat stupid, you can vote on the real deal in a few years, about whether people want or do not want to have agreements with the EU, instead of hiding it behind a fake/emotional reason)
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