On 9 February 2014, Swiss voters narrowly approved by 50.3% a ballot initiative launched by the national conservative Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) to restrict immigration, and thus reintroducing a quota system on the influx of foreigners. This initiative was mostly backed by rural (57.6% approvals), suburban (51.2% approvals), and isolated cities (51.3% approvals) of Switzerland as well as by a strong majority (69.2% approval) in the canton of Ticino, while metropolitan centres (58.5% rejection) and the French-speaking part (58.5% rejection) of Switzerland rather rejected it. Some news commentators claim that this proposal de facto contradicts the bilateral agreements on the free movement of persons from these respective countries.
What was the rejection rate of the quota system by the French speaking part of Switzerland?
58.5%
This initiative was mostly backed by rural (57.6% approvals), suburban (51.2% approvals), and isolated cities (51.3% approvals) of Switzerland as well as by a strong majority (69.2% approval) in the canton of Ticino, while metropolitan centres (58.5% rejection) and the French-speaking part (58.5% rejection) of Switzerland rather rejected it.
This initiative was mostly backed by rural (fifty-seven point six percent approvals), suburban (fifty-one point two percent approvals), and isolated cities (fifty-one point three percent approvals) of Switzerland as well as by a strong majority (sixty-nine point two percent approval) in the canton of Ticino, while metropolitan centres (fifty-eight point five percent rejection) and the French-speaking part (fifty-eight point five percent rejection) of Switzerland rather rejected it.
What was the rejection rate of the quota system by the French speaking part of Switzerland?