Swiss Voters Reject Proposal to Cap Population at 10 Million

Executive Briefing

• Rejected by approximately 55% of voters, with 45% supporting the population cap measure.
• Proposed by the Swiss People's Party, which campaigns on a longstanding anti-immigration platform.
• Passing the cap would have threatened Switzerland's free movement agreement with the European Union.
• Switzerland's population has surged from 7.3 million in 2002 to 9.1 million today, with 27% foreign-born residents.