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Immigration Commission does not want a counter-proposal to the "10 million" initiative

SDA

4.11.2025 - 12:24

The responsible Council of States committee wants the "No 10 million Swiss" initiative to be put to the ballot box without a counter-proposal. The committee is proposing a "no" to the initiative itself (archive image).
The responsible Council of States committee wants the "No 10 million Swiss" initiative to be put to the ballot box without a counter-proposal. The committee is proposing a "no" to the initiative itself (archive image).
Keystone

The SVP popular initiative "No 10 million Swiss" is to be submitted to the electorate without a counter-proposal. This is what the responsible committee of the Council of States wants. It recommends rejecting the initiative itself.

Keystone-SDA

04.11.2025, 12:24

The State Policy Committee of the Council of States (SPK-S) has clearly spoken out against various counter-proposals that have been examined. This was reported by the parliamentary services on Tuesday. The SPK-S voted against the SVP popular initiative by 8 votes to 3 with 2 abstentions. The Council of States is expected to decide on this in December.

The SVP is calling for "sustainable population development". According to this, the population of Switzerland should not exceed ten million in 2050. If 9.5 million people already live in the country before then, the Federal Council and Parliament must take action. As a final step, the free movement of persons with the EU would have to be terminated.

The majority of the SPK-S does not want to jeopardize the bilateral approach, as stated in the press release. In addition, there is a shortage of skilled workers and the fact that the working population in Switzerland is shrinking.

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