SWISS VOTE TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION FROM EU
Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed proposals to reintroduce immigration limits with the European Union, Swiss television reported - as a result that calls into question bilateral accords with the EU and could irk multinational companies.
While neutral Switzerland is not a member of the EU its immigration policy is based on the free movement of citizens to and from the EU, with some exceptions, as well as allowing in a restricted number of non-EU citizens.
The outcome obliges the government to turn the initiative, spearheaded by the right wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), into law within three years.
-Reuters.com - Feb 9, 2014
Foreigners make up 23% of Switzerland's entire population of 8 million.
"...the empty desks of 20 children marked absent today, and forever"
-Poet Richard Blanco at President Obama's Inauguration, 01/21/13
