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The Implementation of the Swiss Popular Initiative "Stop Mass Immigration" within the Swiss Federal Railways SBB

November 2018
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Abstract

On February 9th, 2014, the Swiss citizens voted in favour of the Swiss federal popular initiative “Stop Mass Immigration” launched by the national conservative Swiss People’s Party (SVP) by a narrow majority of just over 50 percent. The initiative, which was aimed at limiting immigration into Switzerland, was successful after a particularly vigorous political campaign in which social and wage dumping in Switzerland were hotly debated. Some media have reported that an issue of immigration turned into one of unemployment

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Author

Isabelle Sob
Legal Counsel, Swiss Federal Railways SBB, Switzerland

- Astrid Epiney/Daniela Nüesch, Inländervorrang und Freizügigkeitsabkommen, AJP 2018 page 6. - Benedikt Pirker/Daniela Nüesch, Europarecht: Schweiz–Europäische Union, Swiss Review of International and European Law 2018 page 111.

Company

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Swiss Federal Railways SBB

Swiss Federal Railways SBB is the national railway company of Switzerland. The corporation is led in an entrepreneurial manner. A performance agreement between Swiss Federal Railways and the Swiss Confederation defines the requirements and is updated every four years.

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