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Should the free movement of people between Switzerland and the EU be ended?

Should the free movement of people between Switzerland and the EU be ended?
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  • Yes 0% (0)
  • No 0% (0)

VoteWorld community: 0

Official result — Switzerland

  • Yes 38.3% (1233995)
  • No 61.7% (1988349)

Official result — Switzerland: 3222344

Official Swiss vote totals are shown separately from live VoteWorld votes. Official source: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/631.00. Imported: 2026-05-30.

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AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: The vote was about whether to end the free movement of people between Switzerland and the EU. This would have required negotiations to terminate the existing agreement, affecting various bilateral agreements with the EU.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.
AI model: gpt-4o-mini

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/631.00
Official result data: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20200927/can631.html
Vote date: 2020-09-27
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative «For moderate immigration (Limitation Initiative)»
Original German title: Begrenzungsinitiative
Swissvotes keyword/additional content: «Kündigungsinitiative»
Swissvotes short-description title: Volk bestätigt bilateralen Weg und Personenfreizügigkeit klar
Original French title: Initiative de limitation
Official English explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20200927004606/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/20200927/limitation-initiative.html
Official German explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20200927004504/https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/abstimmungen/20200927/volksinitiative-fuer-eine-massvolle-zuwanderung.html
Official French explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20200927004640/https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/votations/20200927/initiative-populaire-pour-une-immigration-moderee.html
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/60579
Department information (German): https://web.archive.org/web/20200919101229/https://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/de/home/themen/abstimmungen/begrenzungsinitiative.html
Department information (French): https://web.archive.org/web/20200926171730/https://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/fr/home/themes/abstimmungen/begrenzungsinitiative.html
easyvote explainer video (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4km0cDDm-E
easyvote explainer video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kvu-q6M7tg
Post-vote analysis cockpit (English): https://cockpit.gfsbern.ch/de/cockpit/nachanalyse-begrenzungsinitiative/
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp20200927.prop_oui_631_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp20200927.prop_oui_631_0
Official chronology (German): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/vi/vis483.html
Official chronology (French): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/vi/vis483.html