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 25 June 2025 to submit the following proposals to the people on 30 November 2025:

• Federal Popular Initiative “For a civically engaged Switzerland (Civic Duty Initiative)” (FF 2025 2027)
• Federal Popular Initiative “For a socially just climate policy – financed through fair taxation (Initiative for a Future)” (FF 2025 2026)

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

Popular initiatives

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

• Federal Popular Initiative “Yes to protection against unfair rents (Fair Rent Initiative)” (3 December 2026)

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