Ali Oezcan, vice-president of Swiss soccer club FC Uster poses in front of the club logo in Uster, Switzerland September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters will decide on Sunday whether to tear up a pact with the European Union on the free movement of people, after a referendum campaign that exposed rifts in society over foreigners who make up a quarter of the population.
The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) - the biggest in parliament - is leading the charge to seize back control of immigration, echoing some of the arguments pro-Brexit politicians used in the run-up to Britain's exit from the EU.
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