Swiss cast ballots on right-wing's bid to cap country's population at 10 million

France 24 Sunday 14 June 2026, 09:08 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Swiss cast ballots on right-wing's bid to cap country's population at 10 million Issued on: Share Voters in Switzerland are casting final ballots Sunday on an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country's population at 10 million.

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