The Outcome Of The People’s Initiative In Switzerland – A Huge Setback!

On 9 February 2014 a narrow majority of Swiss voters voted in favour of an initiative by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) calling for the re-introduction of quotas for immigrants from the EU. The authors of this article suggest that this decision is a huge setback for immigrants to Switzerland, for trade unions and for all progressive forces, and leads Switzerland unavoidably up a blind alley.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Switzerland to table immigration quota law by year end / Switzerland gets first penalty for immigration vote http://www.europeansources.info/record/switzerland-to-table-immigration-quota-law-by-year-end-switzerland-gets-first-penalty-for-immigration-vote/

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