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Swiss vote 'no' on immigration limits

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Swiss vote 'no' on immigration limits

Postby Hunter » Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:57 am

Way to go Switzerland, you finally did it. Your gloating jew masters are very proud of you. Break all the remaining legal levies and let the brown floodwaters in. Your just reward of jewtopian hell awaits you.

http://www.dw.de/swiss-vote-no-on-immigration-limits/a-18102916

Swiss vote 'no' on immigration limits
Date: 01.12.2014

Voters in Switzerland have rejected proposals to limit immigration and boost gold stocks, while keeping tax breaks for rich expats. The government says the state of play with the EU remains unchanged.

Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected three separate proposals on Sunday under the country's system of direct democracy. The most controversial, a proposal to drastically limit immigration, was rejected by 74 percent of voters, Swiss broadcaster SRF said.

The so-called Ecopop campaign wanted to cap net migration per year at 0.2 percent - around 16,000 people annually, a severe cut from the 80,000 people registered in 2013 - but widespread rejection from the government and all major parties meant it had always been unlikely to pass.

The poll follows the February approval by Swiss voters of an initiative demanding quotas for immigration from the EU, which the government in Bern is attempting to implement in a way acceptable to both Brussels and other European neighbors.

The initiative's passing threw the EU's relations with non-member Switzerland in turmoil, calling into question its commitment to a key tenet of bilateral agreements - the free movement of people. The EU maintains this is non-negotiable.

The government in Bern said on Sunday that... [end of excerpt]


As reported below, the previous attempt narrowly failed. So! Why not try again until you get the desired results. The jew bastards just never give up.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/switzerland-bucks-european-union-votes-to-limit-immigration/

AP/February 9, 2014, 1:47 PM

Switzerland bucks European Union, votes to limit immigration

GENEVA - Voters in Switzerland on Sunday narrowly backed a plan to limit immigration, in a blow for the government after it had warned that the measure could harm the Swiss economy and relations with the European Union.

Swiss public television SRF reported that some 50.3 percent of voters backed a proposal by the nationalist People's Party to introduce quotas for all types of immigrants. About 49.7 percent voted against the plan. The difference between the two sides was fewer than 30,000 votes, with a turnout of about 56 percent.

The decision means that the Swiss government will need to renegotiate treaties on the free movement of workers that it had painstakingly hammered out with the EU. Until now, citizens from most EU member states could live and work in Switzerland with little formality, while Swiss citizens could do the same in the 28-nation bloc that encircles the Alpine nation.

Two years ago Switzerland introduced quotas for immigrants from eight central and eastern European nations, a move that already drew heavy criticism from the EU. Ahead of Sunday's referendum business groups warned that many of the 80,000 people who moved to Switzerland last year are vital for the country's economy, and curtailing immigration further could cost Swiss citizens' jobs too.

"We always thought the argument about jobs would win people over," said Urs Schwaller, a lawmaker with the centrist Christian People's Party, told SRF. "Clearly that wasn't enough."

Schwaller said the Swiss government would now need to launch a diplomatic offensive, explaining to the EU that its hands are bound by the referendum while trying to avoid sanctions from Brussels.

"We need to show the European Union that we're a reliable partner," he said.

The new proposal forces the government to draft a law extending quotas to immigrants from Western Europe and introduce limits on all foreigners' rights to bring in family members or access Swiss social services. EU Commission spokesman Olivier Bailly said that it was disappointed by the vote.

"This goes against the principle of free movement of persons between the EU and Switzerland," he said. "The EU will examine the implications of this initiative on EU-Swiss relations as a whole."

Almost a quarter of the 8 million people living in Switzerland are foreigners. This is partly due to Switzerland's healthy economy and high salaries.

But Switzerland's restrictive citizenship laws also mean... [end of excerpt]
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