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The "tweaking" that you refer to sounds exactly like British immigration policy in the decades preceding the EU referendum. It didn't solve anything, resentment
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The "tweaking" that you refer to sounds exactly like British immigration policy in the decades preceding the EU referendum. It didn't solve anything, resentment just built up and eventually overflowed. And the end result is far more damaging than it would have been to just listen in the first place.
- macspoofing 7y agoIf they didn't adjust the policy they would be in the same place as Britain is with Brexit today.
- todd-davies 7y agoI think this has a point, though the author's meaning is ambiguous. To elaborate, if the Swiss govt directly implemented popular policy viewpoints, then fears of immigration could have brought about a Brexit type situation in a way similar to how the UK Government had a yes/no referendum that implemented the 'popular' policy of Brexit.
- Leherenn 7y agoThe problem is that the question was incoherent, just like the recent vote on weapons. This question was asked in a vacuum, and didn't take into account that it was in direct contradiction with current laws/agreements. Implementing the immigration law would most likely have meant exiting Schengen and a whole lot of EU things. This should have been made explicit in the vote, not implicit. I don't even understand how asking such a question is legal when one answer results in the law being incoherent.