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Economic partnership agreement with Indonesia «Palmöl-Referendum»

General information
Official title Bundesbeschluss über die Genehmigung des Umfassenden Wirtschaftspartnerschaftsabkommens zwischen den EFTA-Staaten und Indonesien
Keyword «Palmöl-Referendum»
Voting day 07.03.2021
Voting result Accepted (51.65% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 640
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Foreign policy > Foreign trade policy
Foreign policy > Bilateral treaties
Environment and living space > Environment
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)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 19.036
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 212 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (119 Yes, 56 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (34 Yes, 8 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Bauerngewerkschaft Uniterre, unterstützt u.a. durch die Grünen
Signatures 61,184
Time used to collect signatures 102 days
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Online information by the federal authorities
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FDP
GLP
KVP
Mitte
SVP
No
EVP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 63.3% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
Swissmem
Scienceindustries
Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband
Hotelleriesuisse
Schweizerisches Konsumentenforum
Swissaid
No
Pro Natura
Schweizer Tierschutz
Kleinbauern-Vereinigung
Uniterre
Bruno-Manser-Fonds
Solidarité sans frontières
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker
Klimastreik Schweiz
Greenpeace
EDU Appenzellerland
Free vote
TravS
VPOD
Public Eye
Alliance Sud
Deviating party sections
Yes
SPS BS
SPS GR
SPS LU
SPS NW
SPS SH
SPS TG
No
GLP LU
Free vote
SPS BL
SPS SZ
Number of adverts in print media 213
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 98%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 206
Media coverage: tonality 13 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes Show all
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (51.65% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (17.5 Yes, 5.5 No)
Rejected
BS
FR
GE
JU
NE
VD
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 51.10%
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)
Cockpit with selected VOX results Link
Dataset of the VOX poll
Codebook for the VOX poll
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)