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Amendment to the Film Act «Lex Netflix»

General information
Official title Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über Filmproduktion und Filmkultur (Filmgesetz, FiG)
Keyword «Lex Netflix»
Voting day 15.05.2022
Voting result Accepted (58.42% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 655
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Culture, religion and media > Cultural policy
Culture, religion and media > Media and communication > Radio, television and electronic media
Economy > Economic policy > Structural 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)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 20.030
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 583 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (124 Yes, 67 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (32 Yes, 8 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Jungfreisinnige, Junge SVP und Junge GLP
Signatures 51,972
Time used to collect signatures 100 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 Link Federal Council Link federal office
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
GLP
GPS
Mitte
PdA
SPS
No
EDU
FDP
SD
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 54.7% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
SSV
VPOD
cinésuisse und weitere Verbände der Filmproduktionsbranche
Suisseculture (Dachverband der Kulturschaffenden)
Suisa (Genossenschaft der Urheber:innen und Verleger:innen von Musik)
Europäische Bewegung Schweiz
Gewerbeverband AI
Ensemble à Gauche
ML-CSP FR
CSP OW
PCSI JU
No
eco
SGV
Verband Schweizer Privatfernsehen
Verband der Schweizer Regionalfernsehen (Telesuisse)
Swico (Unternehmensverband der ICT- und Online-Branche)
SuisseDigital
Schweizerisches Konsumentenforum
Piratenpartei
Deviating party sections
Yes
FDP GE
FDP TI
FDP VD
No
GLP BS
GLP SH
GLP VS
jglp CH
JM GL
JM OW
JM SG
JM ZH
Mitte BL
Mitte BS
Free vote
GLP NW
Mitte SH
Number of adverts in print media 118
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 72%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 222
Media coverage: tonality -2 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (58.42% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (17.5 Yes, 5.5 No)
Rejected
AI
NW
OW
SH
SZ
TG
UR
Accepted
AG
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
SG
SO
TI
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 40.03%
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)
Dataset of the VOX poll CSV
Codebook for the VOX poll Excel (in German)
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)