Social policy: party recommendations

The latest votes on this topic

✓ Yes · ✗ No · – Free vote or no recommendation

1. «Sustainability initiative» (Limiting the national population)

   14 June 2026 · ✗ Rejected

   SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte ✗NoFDP ✗NoGPS ✗NoGLP ✗NoEDU ✓YesEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

2. Act on Individual Taxation

   8 March 2026 · ✓ Accepted

   SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✗NoFDP ✓YesGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

3. Uniform financing of outpatient and inpatient services

   24 November 2024 · ✓ Accepted

   SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS –Free voteGLP ✓YesEDU ✓YesEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

4. Reform of the occupational pension benefit plans

   22 September 2024 · ✗ Rejected

   SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✗NoGLP ✓YesEDU ✓YesEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

5. Initiative «Maximum 10% of income for health insurance premiums (Premium relief initiative)»

   9 June 2024 · ✗ Rejected

   SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✗NoFDP ✗NoGPS ✓YesGLP ✗NoEDU ✗NoEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

6. Initiative «For freedom and physical integrity»

   9 June 2024 · ✗ Rejected

   SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte ✗NoFDP ✗NoGPS ✗NoGLP ✗NoEDU ✓YesEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

7. Initiative for a brake on healthcare costs

   9 June 2024 · ✗ Rejected

   SVP ✗NoSP ✗NoMitte ✓YesFDP ✗NoGPS ✗NoGLP ✗NoEDU ✓YesEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

8. Pension initiative (retirement age)

   3 March 2024 · ✗ Rejected

   SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte ✗NoFDP ✓YesGPS ✗NoGLP ✗NoEDU ✓YesEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

9. Initiative for a 13th monthly pension in old-age insurance

   3 March 2024 · ✓ Accepted

   SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✗NoFDP ✗NoGPS ✓YesGLP ✗NoEDU ✗NoEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

10. Amendment to the COVID-19 Act (5th revision)

    18 June 2023 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

11. VAT increase in favour of the old-age insurance

    25 September 2022 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✗NoGLP ✓YesEDU ✓YesEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

12. Act on the old-age insurance

    25 September 2022 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✗NoGLP ✓YesEDU ✓YesEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

13. Transplantation Act (principle of presumed consent in organ donation)

    15 May 2022 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

14. Contribution to the European border and coast guard Frontex

    15 May 2022 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✗NoGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

15. Initiative «No tobacco ads for children and young adults»

    13 February 2022 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✗NoFDP ✗NoGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✓YesEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

16. Initiative for a ban on animal and human experiments

    13 February 2022 · ✗ Rejected

    SVP ✗NoSP ✗NoMitte ✗NoFDP ✗NoGPS ✗NoGLP ✗NoEDU ✗NoEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

17. Nursing initiative

    28 November 2021 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte –Free voteFDP ✗NoGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

18. Amendment to the COVID-19 Act (2nd revision)

    28 November 2021 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

19. Marriage for all

    26 September 2021 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

20. «99% Initiative» (Initiative «Reduce tax on salaries, tax capital fairly»)

    26 September 2021 · ✗ Rejected

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte ✗NoFDP ✗NoGPS ✓YesGLP ✗NoEDU ✗NoEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

21. COVID-19 Act

    13 June 2021 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP –Free voteSP ✓YesMitte ✓YesFDP ✓YesGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

22. Paternity leave

    27 September 2020 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte –No recommendationFDP ✗NoGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

23. Increase of tax deductions for children

    27 September 2020 · ✗ Rejected

    SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte –No recommendationFDP ✓YesGPS ✗NoGLP ✗NoEDU ✗NoEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

24. Initiative «For moderate immigration (Limitation Initiative)»

    27 September 2020 · ✗ Rejected

    SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte –No recommendationFDP ✗NoGPS ✗NoGLP ✗NoEDU ✓YesEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

25. Ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation

    9 February 2020 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✗NoSP ✓YesMitte –No recommendationFDP ✓YesGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✗NoEVP –Free voteMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation