| General information | |
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| Official title | Volksinitiative «Für eine verantwortungsvolle Wirtschaft innerhalb der planetaren Grenzen (Umweltverantwortungsinitiative)» |
| Voting day | 09.02.2025 |
| Voting result | Rejected (30.16% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons) |
| Vote Nº | 677 |
| Legal form | Popular initiative |
| Policy area |
Environment and living space > Environment Economy > Economic 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) |
| Collection of signatures | |
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| Initiators | Junge Grüne, unterstützt durch die Grünen, die SP und Umwelt- sowie Tierschutzorganisationen |
| Preliminary examination | PDF (in German) |
| Signatures | 105,940 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 546 days |
| Success | PDF (in German) |
| Pre-parliamentary phase | |
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| Federal Council dispatch | (in German) |
| Parliamentary phase | |
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| Item Nº | 24.021 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 261 days |
| Parliament's position | Reject |
| Position of the National Council | Reject (61 Yes, 133 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Reject (11 Yes, 31 No) |
| Public campaign | |
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| Official explanatory brochure | PDF (in German) |
| Position of the Federal Council | Reject |
| Online information by the federal authorities | Link Federal Council Link department |
| Explainer video by easyvote | Link (in German) |
| Explanatory brochure by easyvote | PDF (in German) |
| Campaign websites |
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| Recommendations by parties |
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| Electoral share of 'yes' camp | 30.7% (Details) |
| Recommendations by others |
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| Deviating party sections |
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| Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique | PDF (in German) |
| Media coverage: number of articles | 157 |
| Media coverage: tonality | -15 (predominantly negative) |
| Media coverage: fög analysis | PDF / Link (in German) |
| Campaign finances |
Total receipts of ‘yes’ campaign: CHF 245,582,
largest donors: Junge Grüne Schweiz; Greenpeace
Total receipts of ‘no’ campaign: CHF 420,000,
largest donors: Economiesuisse; SGV (Schweizerischer Gewerbeverband)
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| Documents from the campaign | Display the list of documents |
| Graphical campaign material for a Yes | |
| Vote | |
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| Voting result | Rejected |
| People | Rejected (30.16% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Rejected
(0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
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| Turnout | 37.94% |
| Decree on voting result | PDF (in German) |
| 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 polls | |
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| 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) |
