Posted on 02/09/2014 8:45:27 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
With almost all votes counted, a Swiss referendum on whether to bring back strict immigration quotas appears to have passed by a narrow margin.
About 50.5% voted in favour of measures which would end the Swiss-EU free movement of people agreement.
Fiercely independent Switzerland is not a member of the EU, but has adopted large sections of EU policy.
The vote comes amid increasing debate across Europe about migration and the impact of free movement of people.
Switzerland's economy is booming at the moment, and unemployment is low, but many Swiss worry about immigration.
A quarter of the eight million-strong population is foreign, and last year 80,000 new immigrants arrived.
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Not us we have a printing press
I guess Tina Turner got in just in time huh?
The rich and famous always can get it.
Salman Rusdie can probably be a citizen anywhere he likes, not so for the average Iranian and justifiably so.
would that Switzerland had let in 2 million of the people fleeing Hitler’s death squads....
Not us we have a printing press
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The counter-revolution is underway in Europe.
The Swiss are wary because they see what’s going down in Britain, France, Belgium and the rest of Europe how Muzzies are taking it over step by step.
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