Swiss Voters Reject Proposal To Cap Population At 10 Million By 2050

In 1930 the Soviet Union legally abolished unemployment.

Shortly after polls closed at noon (1000 GMT), initial projections from the gfs.bern institute indicated around 55 percent opposition to the initiative, which had sparked warnings of "chaos" and devastating impacts for the Swiss economy and European Union relations.

Official projections put it on track to do so by the early 2040s.

Switzerland Rejects a Population Cap