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Initiative «Stop the discriminatory VAT for the hospitality sector!»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Schluss mit der MwSt-Diskriminierung des Gastgewerbes!»
Voting day 28.09.2014
Voting result Rejected (28.48% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 585
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Public finance > Taxation > Indirect taxation
Economy > Tourism and leisure > Hospitality
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 Gastrosuisse
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 118,802
Time used to collect signatures 532 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 12.074
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 553 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (82 Yes, 99 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (13 Yes, 22 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities Link department
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FPS
Lega
MCG
PdA
SD
SVP
No
BDP
CSP
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
KVP
SPS
Free vote
CVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 30.2% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGV
No
eco
SBV
TravS
Deviating party sections
Yes
BDP AG
BDP BE
CVP AR
CVP BL
CVP FR
CVP GR
CVP SZ
CVP UR
CVP VS
FDP BS
FDP FR
FDP GR
FDP NE
FDP SO
FDP TI
FDP VD
FDP VS
GPS VD
JFDP CH
No
CVP-Fr CH
CVP GE
CVP SG
CVP SO
CVP TG
CVP VD
CVP ZH
Free vote
FDP JU
Number of adverts in print media 243
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 94%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 113
Media coverage: tonality -25 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link Social Archives
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (28.48% 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 46.96%
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)