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A coalition of left-leaning parties and environmental organizations is opposing a recent parliamentary move to lift the ban on new nuclear plants, launching a popular initiative to let Swiss voters decide on the country's energy future.
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Environment
A committee of beekeepers and parliamentarians has officially launched a popular initiative aiming to enshrine the protection of bees and other pollinating insects in the Swiss constitution, and will now begin collecting signatures for a nationwide vote.
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Politics
The environmental organization Straffico has launched a popular initiative to introduce a tax on air travel, starting at a minimum of CHF30 per ticket. The revenue would be used to expand and fund public transport, based on the 'polluter pays' principle.
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Defence
Opponents of the F-35 fighter jet deal have launched a fresh popular initiative, beginning the collection of signatures in an attempt to force a public vote to overturn the government's controversial multi-billion franc procurement from the United States.
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Finance
An alliance of politicians and NGOs has submitted a popular initiative with over 145,000 signatures, demanding binding climate and environmental rules for Swiss banks and financial institutions.
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Sustainable Finance
An alliance of politicians and NGOs has submitted a popular initiative with over 145,000 signatures, demanding binding sustainability rules for Switzerland's financial institutions. The proposal argues that the sector's vast CO2 footprint undermines national climate efforts and requires regulation beyond voluntary action.
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Politics
Backed by the Young Liberals, a new popular initiative has been launched to tie the growth of federal administration personnel costs to the national median wage, aiming to curb government spending.
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Politics
Following the House of Representatives, the Swiss Senate has voted down a popular initiative that sought to dramatically shift agricultural policy towards plant-based food production and increase food self-sufficiency to 70% within a decade.
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Politics
The Swiss government has officially opposed a popular initiative to cap the population, arguing the proposal would jeopardize the nation's prosperity, harm relations with the European Union, and exacerbate labor shortages.
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Direct Democracy
Swiss voters will once again decide on the regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) after a popular initiative demanding strict rules for GMO-free food successfully gathered over 137,000 signatures, ensuring it will go to a national ballot.
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Direct Democracy
A new popular initiative, backed by a cross-party coalition, seeks to compel tech giants and AI providers to analyze the risks of their services and take stronger action against illegal content such as fraud and disinformation, with signatures now being collected for a nationwide vote.
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Direct Democracy
A popular initiative titled "For food without genetically modified organisms" has successfully gathered over 137,000 signatures, ensuring the Swiss public will once again vote on the country's strict regulations regarding GMOs in agriculture and food production.
Le News
Direct Democracy
A cross-party group has launched the 'Internet Initiative', which seeks to hold tech giants accountable for illegal content on their platforms. Proponents will now begin collecting the 100,000 signatures required to trigger a nationwide vote.
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Direct Democracy
The Attorney General's Office and Fedpol are investigating alleged forgery on a massive scale, with around 30,000 falsified signatures reported across twenty popular initiatives, prompting searches at several professional signature-collecting companies.
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Zurich
The Zurich branch of the Swiss People's Party has gathered sufficient signatures for a cantonal initiative that would require landlords to give preference to Swiss nationals and long-term residents if the national population reaches ten million.
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