Swiss Vote - Alarm Bells in Europe | Quadriga

The people of Switzerland have voted to restrict immigration. In a referendum, they narrowly opted to reintroduce quotas under which jobs will go to Swiss passport-holders before anyone else. Is this a sign of growing xenophobia, or hostility to the EU? Have the Swiss merely stated publicly what many other Europeans think? Is it a victory for direct democracy, or proof of its limitations? Tell us what you think: Swiss Vote - Alarm Bells in Europe quadriga[at]dw.de Our guests: Stefano Casertano - he is an academic and a journalist, living in Berlin. He teaches international politics at Potsdam University, and is a Senior Fellow at the Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security. He is a columnist for the Italian business newspaper Linkiesta.it. Ulrich Schmid- he began his career at the Swiss news agency SDA, but has been a foreign correspondent at the Neue Zürcher Zeitung for many years. David Charter-- he is the Berlin Correspondent of the British newspaper The Times.