Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative «Let the people decide on international treaties»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für die Stärkung der Volksrechte in der Aussenpolitik (Staatsverträge vors Volk!)»
Voting day 17.06.2012
Voting result Rejected (24.72% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 561
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Foreign policy > General direction of foreign policy
State organisation > People’s rights > Referendum
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 AUNS
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 108,579
Time used to collect signatures 525 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 10.090
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 448 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (56 Yes, 139 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (6 Yes, 36 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FPS
KVP
PdA
SD
SVP
No
BDP
CSP
CVP
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 29.0% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
eco
SGB
SGV
TravS
None
SBV
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (24.72% 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 38.53%
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 poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report PDF (in German)