Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative «EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen vors Volk!»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen vors Volk!»
Voting day 08.06.1997
Voting result Rejected (25.95% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 434
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Foreign policy > European policy > EU
State organisation > People’s rights > Referendum
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Schweizer Demokraten und Lega dei Ticinesi
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 101,337
Time used to collect signatures 549 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 95.061
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 303 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (10 Yes, 174 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (0 Yes, 37 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FPS
Lega
SD
No
CSP
CVP
EVP
FDP
GPS
LdU
LPS
PdA
SPS
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 9.3% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGB
SGV
VSA
Deviating party sections
Free vote
SVP LU
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (25.95% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 35.44%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote polls
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report on the VOX poll PDF (in German)