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Initiative «No speculation on food» Spekulationsstopp-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Keine Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln!»
Keyword Spekulationsstopp-Initiative
Voting day 28.02.2016
Voting result Rejected (40.07% Yes votes and 1.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 598
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Economy > Finance > Banks, stock exchanges, insurance
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 Juso
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 115,942
Time used to collect signatures 545 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 15.021
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 219 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (58 Yes, 130 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (11 Yes, 31 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
EVP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
GLP
Lega
MCG
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 29.0% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
WWF
Kleinbauern-Vereinigung
Bio Suisse
Swissaid
No
eco
SBV
LDP BS
Bankiervereinigung
Föderation der Nahrungsmittelindustrien
Number of adverts in print media 114
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 7%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 138
Media coverage: tonality -20 (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
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (40.07% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (1.5 Yes, 21.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
FR
GE
GL
GR
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BS
JU
Turnout 62.91%
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)