The SVP and the association "Action for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland" (AINS) are far from being comfortable with the freedom of movement of persons agreement with the EU. By means of three proposals, they are attacking this freedom of movement: The freedom of movement of persons should no longer be allowed; the freedom of movement of persons should be denounced; or the principle of freedom of movement of persons should be absolutely prohibited.
The SVP feel that the initiative against mass immigration adopted by the people on 9 February 2014 has not been satisfactorily implemented and that therefore it is no longer just the symptoms, but the causes of immigration that must be combated.
The working group, which presented the three variants, will, together with its members, decide on them in the coming weeks. The three variants are to be worked out at the delegate conference of the SVP on the National Initiative for the Restraint of Free Immigration (Restriction Initiative) in Lausen BL on June 24, 2017. The intention of AINS and the SVP is to launch the Restriction Initiative, which could already be possible in the second half of 2017.
Author: Urs Haegi
