Geneva ¨C The Swiss will vote Sunday on a divisive anti-immigration proposal to cap the country¡¯s population, with the result expected to be tight and warnings of ¡°chaos¡± if it passes.
Put forward by the hard-right Swiss People¡¯s Party (SVP), the proposal would require drastic cuts to immigration that critics warn risk crippling swathes of the economy and Switzerland¡¯s relations with the European Union, its main trading partner.
The ¡°No to a Switzerland with 10 million!¡± initiative wants the wealthy Alpine nation¡¯s population ¡ª currently 9.1 million ¡ª capped below 10 million until 2050.
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