Switzerland to Vote on Population Cap

[Black Orchid]

On June 14, Switzerland will vote on whether to become the only country in the world to officially cap its population.

With a limit of 10 million people until 2050, the referendum has divided the country and been dubbed by some as a "Swiss Brexit".

Championed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), voters will decide on whether to back a referendum proposal to restrict Switzerland's population to 10 million. The SVP is the largest party in Switzerland's government.

The threshold could be reached sometime between 2031 and 2042.

The initiative is titled "No to a Switzerland with 10 million!"

"Uncontrolled immigration is causing Switzerland to grow far too quickly. The negative consequences are palpable in all areas of life," the Yes campaign says.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/ ... /106780734

Good on you Switzerland! An excellent proposal and one I sincerely hope passes and is then copied by other countries. Particularly Australia!

Voting by referendum is tomorrow.

We should have stopped at 25 million for at least 10 years!

[Bobby]

Yes BO,
Properly managed immigration could be very good for our country -
bringing in people with skills we need such as in house building
would really add something positive.

Unfortunately successive Govts have made a total mess of it -
mass uncontrolled immigration of millions of 3rd world trash - mostly with no skills -
and poor knowledge of English -
people who don't want to assimilate - multicultural nonsense where they can turn whole suburbs
into miniature versions of their home country.

It's like Basil Fawlty overbooking his hotel -
we don't have enough infrastructure:
housing,
schools,
roads,
trains,
hospitals,
police,
water,
electricity,
gas,
sewage systems

to cater for such an influx.