Popular Initiative "Against Mass Immigration" (2014)
Categories: State and Politics › Votes › Foreign policy
The proposal
The initiative calls for a change in the current system: the state should control all immigration. The number of residence permits for all foreigners would be limited by annual maximum numbers and quotas. Employers would have to give priority to Swiss nationals on the labour market. International treaties that contradict this would have to be renegotiated, including the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons.
Results
The initiative was accepted by the electorate and the cantons.
Voter turnout: 56.6%
Votes in favour: 50.3%
Text Sources
- Federal Chancellery (2014): Volksabstimmung vom 09.02.2014
Data Sources
- Atlas of Switzerland (2010): Basiskarte 1:500.000
- Atlas of Switzerland: Administrative Einheiten 1:500.000 (Gemeinden, Bezirke, Kantone)
- FSO (2019): Volksabstimmungen (Ergebnisse Ebene Gemeinde seit 1981)
- swisstopo [J160089] (2010): Gemeindegrenzen GG25
- swisstopo [J160089] (2010): Landeskarte 1:500.000
Data Owners: Atlas of Switzerland (AoS), Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo), Federal Chancellery
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