Switzerland Weighs Worlds First Binding Population Cap Amid Backlash Against Immigration

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A flag flutters on the Swiss Parliament Building (Bundeshaus), after the weekly governmental meeting in Bern, Switzerland, on Nov. 27, 2019. Denis Balibouse/ReutersSwiss voters head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to cap the country’s permanent resident population at 10 million, in what observers describe as the first binding national population ceiling anywhere in the world.It has also emerged as one of Europe’s most closely watched tests of public sentiment on immigration and national identity.

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