Swiss reject population cap

The Corriere del Ticino is relieved:

“A majority of voters and cantons viewed the SVP’s proposal as an extreme, one-sided and, above all, harmful solution to the problems posed by population growth. Concerns centred on the impact on the economy, foreign policy (the risk of a rift with the EU at a time of geopolitical uncertainty) and even on social security, given that such a solution would have severely restricted the use of foreign labour. In addition, a renewed attack on the free movement of persons was rejected; this had been the main target of the initiative and has been at the heart of existing bilateral agreements [with the EU] for a quarter of a century.”