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Service Citoyen Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für eine engagierte Schweiz (Service-citoyen-Initiative)»
Voting day 30.11.2025
Voting result Rejected (15.85% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 680
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Security policy > Armed forces
State organisation > National identity
Economy > Employment
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 Verein «Service Citoyen», unterstützt von GLP, EVP, Piratenpartei, Junger Mitte und weiteren Organisationen
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 107,613
Time used to collect signatures 548 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 24.079
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 247 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (18 Yes, 173 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (8 Yes, 34 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
EVP
GLP
No
EDU
FDP
GPS
Lega
MCG
Mitte
PdA
SD
SPS
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 9.5% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
Piratenpartei
SP-Reformplattform
JFDP GL
Mitte-Links FR
Männer.ch
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGB
SGV
TravS
Schweizer Tourismus-Verband
Swissmem
Allianz Sicherheit Schweiz
Schweizerische Offiziersgesellschaft
Schweizer Schiesssportverband
GSoA
Aufrecht Schweiz
Gruppe für Innerrhoden
Deviating party sections
Yes
GPS GR
GPS SZ
JM CH
Mitte GE
Free vote
EVP AR
GLP GE
GPS SG
GPS TG
JM JU
Mitte GR
Mitte JU
SPS AI
SPS OW
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 187
Media coverage: tonality -4 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Campaign finances
Link (in German)
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (15.85% 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 42.94%
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
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)