Votes and Elections

Federal votes

The proposals submitted to the people are set by the Federal Council at least four months prior to the voting date.

At its meeting on 15 January 2025, the Federal Council decided that no federal votes would take place on 18 May 2025.

The next voting date is 28 September 2025.

All information on proposals submitted to the people (voting pamphlets, committees, recommendations by the parliament, Federal Council etc.) can be found at www.admin.ch/abstimmungen or in the Federal Chancellery app “VoteInfo”.

Popular initiatives

The following federal popular initiatives had been launched at the time of going to press (deadline for signatures in brackets):

• Federal Popular Initiative “For a financially strong, sovereign and responsible Switzerland (Bitcoin Initiative)” (30 June 2026)
• Federal Popular Initiative “For responsible multinationals – protecting human beings and the environment” (7 July 2026)

The list of pending popular initiatives is available in French, German and Italian at www.bk.admin.ch > Politische Rechte > Volks-initiativen > Hängige Volksinitiativen