Is Switzerland tired of prosperity? I can think of no other reason for our next foolish referendum | Joseph de Weck (opens in new tab)

Capping the population at 10 million is a far-right fantasy. It would dismantle the openness that has made the country richZürich on a Sunday morning can feel like the day after Armageddon: so empty, so calm, despite being Switzerland’s biggest city. But then the church bells erupt across the lake basin, and a jogger trots by like a polite deer in aerodynamic sunglasses, and one knows that all is fine in this proudly impeccable place, where little is left to chance and the authorities even Sw...