Votes and Elections

Federal votes

The proposals submitted to the people are set by the Federal Council at least four months prior to the voting date.

The Federal Council decided at its session on 9 October 2024 to submit the following proposals to the people on 9 February 2024:

• Federal Popular Initiative “For a responsible economy within our planet’s limits (Environmental Responsibility Initiative)” (BBl 2024 2488)

All information on proposals submitted to the people (voting pamphlets, committees, recommendations by the parliament, Federal Council etc.) can be found at admin.ch/abstimmungen or in the Federal Chancellery app “VoteInfo”.

Popular initiatives

The following federal popular initiatives had been launched at the time of going to press (deadline for signatures in brackets):

• Federal Popular Initiative “For food that is not genetically modified (Food Protection Initiative)” (3 March 2026)
• Federal Popular Initiative “For a direct democratic and competitive Switzerland – No to passive EU membership (Compass Initiative)” (1 April 2026)

The list of pending popular initiatives is available in French, German and Italian at bk.admin.ch > Politische Rechte > Volksinitiativen > Hängige Volksinitiativen