Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M

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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