Referendum Alarms Establishment

Government rattled by this proposal.

The Swiss system guarantees that the political class can never wander too far away from public opinion.

Why? Direct democracy.

The ability to trigger regular, binding referendum votes as part of Switzerland’s system ensures issues cannot be swept away and ignored.

Whether politicians like it or not, the Swiss public regularly get to have their say.

And this next referendum on a population cap has already attracted international attention - with the Government very worried indeed.