Swiss right-wing SVP mulls new initiative to reduce immigration - papers


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  • Saturday, 03 Sep 2016

ZURICH - Switzerland's biggest party, the right-wing People's Party (SVP), is considering launching a new initiative to end the free movement of people with the European Union, its Vice President Christoph Blocher told Swiss newspapers NZZ and Tages-Anzeiger.

"If we see that the law to implement (a 2014 referendum to curb immigration) does not massively reduce immigration, the SVP will launch an initiative to end the free movement of people," Blocher said in an interview with Tages-Anzeiger published on Saturday.

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