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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by mike_hearn on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @05:29AM (#48458732)
It wasn't catastrophic to the British economy. Why would Switzerland be so different?
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by whazor on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @06:42AM (#48459268)
Most British people think Brexit is a failure.

For Switzerland it would be significantly worse since they are surrounded by Germany, France, Italy, and Austria. So all trucks would be stopped at border. Food prices are already super expensive and this would make it worse.

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by mike_hearn on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @08:04AM (#48459988)
They think it's a failure because their political class refused to use the new powers to implement the will of the people on immigration, not due to economics (which, again, were not affected).
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by elch on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @07:21AM (#48459589)
Prices are not an issue for Switzerland, given that the tariff on pork from Germany, for example, is 347 CHF per 100 kg.
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by 0xy on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @08:12AM (#48460064)
Brexit was a referendum on immigration. It was the number one issue. Yet, successive governments since Brexit have turned immigration up to 11. No wonder they think it's a failure, the will of the people was ignored (and it's having real political blowback, with both major parties about to get reduced to dust according to polling).
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