the population of Switzerland has increased by more than 1.1 million inhabitants. And still, every year 60’000 to 80’000 immigrants are added. Most parties continue to want immigration determined by the EU and expected population growth of 10 million.

Obviously, one wants to take advantage of the short-term business interests of this development, and thus hides the effects of it “generously”.

In fact, we run the risk of giving up the qualities of our welfare state. Why?

Population growth

demands the need for 20-30% more housing. That means corresponding land wear or with concentrated construction the development of slums in our agglomerations. Already we are aware of this development without reacting to it. Have you ever considered what it would mean for the city of Chur, for example, to have 30% more apartments available? Where are the Green Liberals, who recently campaigned for the preservation of our cultural landscapes ??

It is not just housing that is the problem. One to two million more people is placing additional strain on our already overburdened transport infrastructure.

One to two million

more people means at least 454,000 new apartments. However, one million immigrants also mean 543,000 cars and 789 more buses on the streets, and 9 billion additional kilometers. With a million immigrants, Switzerland consumes at least 2 billion kilowatt-hours more electricity per year. This corresponds to the performance of more than 500 large wind turbines. A 10- million-Swiss will consume much more energy accordingly. Where this is to be procured, is in the stars today!

And finally, one million immigrants annually consume 59 billion liters of water.

Our social services

as well as AHV, welfare, health insurance, etc. become even more cost-prohibitive. For the AHV pensions alone, we would have to create two to three million new jobs in the future. A thing of impossibility in the emerging digital age! 

Our society

is also changing dramatically. Integration is hardly possible anymore. Tensions between immigrants and natives are increasing. In schools, the heterogeneous composition of students makes it increasingly difficult to achieve learning goals. Instead of forming a unity of the population, we are getting more and more confused in different ethnic groups, who probably live here, but hardly have anything to do with each other.

It is now time for the Swiss people to wake up and take their future into their own hands.

Switzerland’s model of success is built on self-determination, modesty, and freedom, and should continue to be granted to our descendants, children, and grandchildren.

(Quoted partially by a story from Christoffel Brändli, Swiss Councilor, Council of States