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Pension initiative (retirement age) Rentenalter

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für eine sichere und nachhaltige Altersvorsorge (Renteninitiative)»
Keyword Rentenalter
Voting day 03.03.2024
Voting result Rejected (25.28% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 666
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social security > Old-age and survivors' insurance
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 Jungfreisinnige
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 107,049
Time used to collect signatures 547 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 22.054
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 359 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (40 Yes, 143 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (11 Yes, 32 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)
Campaign websites
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FDP
SVP
No
EVP
GLP
GPS
Lega
MCG
Mitte
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 43.4% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SAV
SGV
Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband (SVV)
Swissmem
HotellerieSuisse
Schweizerischer Baumeisterverband
JGLP AG
JGLP beider Basel
JGLP SG
JGLP SO
JGLP ZH
No
SBV
SGB
TravS
VPOD
Schweizerische Rentnervereinigung (SRV)
Alliance F
Piratenpartei
Ensemble à Gauche
CSP OW
JSVP NW
Arbeitgeberverband FR
Deviating party sections
Yes
GLP AG
GLP TG
JM BE
JM GL
JM OW
JM ZH
Mitte BS
No
EDU TG
JSVP UR
SVP AG
SVP FR
SVP GE
SVP JU
SVP LU
SVP NE
SVP SG
SVP SO
SVP TI
SVP UR
SVP VD
SVP VSo
Free vote
GLP BL
GLP SG
SVP SH
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 295
Media coverage: tonality 7 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Campaign finances
Excel / Link (in German)
Total receipts of ‘yes’ campaign: CHF 1,220,337, largest donors: Economiesuisse; Oliver Ehinger
Total receipts of ‘no’ campaign: CHF 115,886, largest donors: keine Angaben (keine Zuwendungen über CHF 15'000 deklariert)
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (25.28% 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 58.10%
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Popular votes dashboard by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Link
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Dataset of the post-vote poll
Codebook for the post-vote poll