Swiss voters appear to reject limiting jobs for EU citizens

Laura Zimmermann, co-president of Operation Libero, standing in front of a poster that reads: ‘No. No Switzerland is an island’ (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

Voters in Switzerland were casting their ballots on Sunday on a nationalist party’s proposal to limit the number of European Union citizens allowed to live and work in the country.

Projections based on partial counts indicated that most voters had rejected the measure – championed by the populist Swiss People’s Party – according to public broadcaster SRF.