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Federal decree on family policy

General information
Official title Bundesbeschluss über die Familienpolitik
Voting day 03.03.2013
Voting result Rejected (54.35% Yes votes and 10.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 567
Legal form Mandatory referendum
Policy area Social policy > Social groups > Family policy
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)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 07.419
Parliamentary initiative PDF (in German)
Report of the parliamentary committee PDF (in German)
Opinion of the Federal Council PDF (in German)
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (129 Yes, 57 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (28 Yes, 12 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
BDP
CSP
CVP
EVP
GLP
GPS
SPS
No
EDU
FDP
FPS
KVP
SVP
Free vote
SD
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 52.5% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SBV
SGB
TravS
No
SGV
Deviating party sections
Yes
FDP-Fr CH
FDP BE
FDP GE
FDP JU
FDP NE
FDP SH
FDP VD
Free vote
FDP BS
GLP ZG
Number of adverts in print media 74
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 5%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 73
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link Social Archives
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Accepted (54.35% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (10.0 Yes, 13.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SZ
TG
UR
ZG
Accepted
BL
BS
FR
GE
JU
NE
SO
TI
VD
VS
ZH
Turnout 46.61%
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)