Swiss voters will decide on whether to back a proposal to cap the country's population in a referendum likened to Britain's Brexit vote, which could have far-reaching consequences for the economy and Bern's relations with the European Union.

How this affects you

If adopted, the population cap could trigger the scrapping of Switzerland's free movement of labour agreement with the EU, impacting the country's workforce and potentially complicating corporate planning and bilateral trade relations, thus affecting its export-oriented economy.