Switzerland: After rapid population growth, right-wing party supports cap vote
๐ฐ France24 ยท ๐ Jun 14, 2026, 10:56 AM ยท ๐ france24.com
๐ค AI Summary: **What happened?**
Swiss voters will vote on Sunday on two referendums: one to cap the country's population, backed by a right-wing party following recent rapid population growth, and another to restrict access to conscientious objection to military service.
**Why it matters?**
The population cap referendum would impose binding limits on immigration and national population size, while the conscientious objection referendum would alter eligibility for exemption from mandatory military service, both resulting in changes to Swiss immigration, demographic, and conscription policy frameworks.
Swiss voters will decide the fate of a divisive anti-immigration proposal on Sunday to cap the country's population, and another referendum on restricting access to conscientious objection to military service. France 24's John Zarocostas tells us more.