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Decree on the Swiss currency and cash supply Gegenentwurf zur Bargeld-Initiative

General information
Official title Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung
Keyword Gegenentwurf zur Bargeld-Initiative
Voting day 08.03.2026
Voting result Accepted (73.39% Yes votes and 23.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 682.2
Legal form Direct counter-proposal
Policy area Economy > Finance > Monetary policy
State organisation > Legal system > Data protection
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 24.063
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 448 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (183 Yes, 7 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (43 Yes, 0 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
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)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
EVP
FDP
GPS
MCG
Mitte
PdA
SD
SPS
SVP
No
GLP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 88.8% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SGV
TravS
PCSI JU
No
JSVP TG
Gruppe für Innerrhoden
Deviating party sections
Yes
GLP TI
GLP UR
No
EDU TG
Mitte SZ
SVP JU
SVP LU
Free vote
GLP NE
GLP ZH
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 145
Media coverage: tonality 16 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Campaign finances
Link (in German)
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (73.39% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (23.0 Yes, 0.0 No)
Accepted
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 55.37%
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
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)