Capping its population at 10 Million could reshape Switzerland
||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES |||
About 9.1 million people live in Switzerland — approaching too many, for many Swiss people. The country will vote on whether to take measures to cap its growing population at 10 million.
Migration, not birthrates, is driving Switzerland’s population growth, and migration is what the initiative aims to stop.
Some residents complain migration has threatened their way of life by, for example, replacing the sounds of Swiss German in town squares with the “high German” that is spoken in Germany.
Switzerland currently has an agreement with the European Union that allows for free movement between Switzerland and its neighbors. The cap could force it to terminate that deal if the population exceeds 10 million
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