Debate on Immigration
Should Switzerland benefit from strong immigration, or do the downsides now outweigh the advantages? This question is at the heart of a debate between Prof. Aymo Brunetti, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Bern, and economist Mathias Binswanger, published in the NZZ on 16 May 2026.
While Binswanger argues that immigration is increasingly weighing on quality of life in Switzerland, Brunetti defends the free movement of persons as an economically sound and efficient market-based solution. The debate also centres on the 10-million initiative, which calls for a cap on the country's population.
Read the full article here: www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/es-braucht-die-10-millionen-grenze-damit-die-politik-etwas-gegen-die-zuwanderung-unternimmt-eine-begrenzung-waere-extrem-kostspielig-ld.10007189
