Public finances: party recommendations

The latest votes on this topic

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

1. Initiative «200 francs is enough!» (fees for public broadcasting)

   8 March 2026 · ✗ Rejected

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

2. Climate Fund Initiative

   8 March 2026 · ✗ Rejected

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

3. 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

4. Initiative «For a social climate policy (Initiative for a Future)»

   30 November 2025 · ✗ Rejected

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

5. Cantonal taxation of second properties

   28 September 2025 · ✓ Accepted

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

6. 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

7. OECD minimum tax for enterprises

   18 June 2023 · ✓ Accepted

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

8. Act on Withholding Tax

   25 September 2022 · ✗ Rejected

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

9. 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

10. Act on Stamp Duties

    13 February 2022 · ✗ Rejected

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

11. «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

12. CO2 Act

    13 June 2021 · ✗ Rejected

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

13. 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

14. Procurement of new fighter aircraft

    27 September 2020 · ✓ Accepted

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

15. Tax reform and funding of old-age insurance

    19 May 2019 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP –Free voteSP ✓YesMitte –No recommendationFDP ✓YesGPS ✗NoGLP ✗NoEDU ✓YesEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

16. New financial regime

    4 March 2018 · ✓ Accepted

    SVP ✓YesSP ✓YesMitte –No recommendationFDP ✓YesGPS ✓YesGLP ✓YesEDU ✓YesEVP ✓YesMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

17. Initiative for the abolition of radio and television fees

    4 March 2018 · ✗ Rejected

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

18. Additional funding for the old-age insurance through a VAT increase

    24 September 2017 · ✗ Rejected

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

19. Corporate Tax Reform III

    12 February 2017 · ✗ Rejected

    SVP ✓YesSP ✗NoMitte –No recommendationFDP ✓YesGPS ✗NoGLP ✓YesEDU ✓YesEVP ✗NoMCG –No recommendationLega –No recommendationAL –No recommendationLDP –No recommendation

20. Fund for national roads and urban traffic

    12 February 2017 · ✓ Accepted

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

21. Initiative «For fair transport funding»

    5 June 2016 · ✗ Rejected

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

22. Initiative «No to the penalisation of marriage»

    28 February 2016 · ✗ Rejected

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

23. Radio and Television Act (radio/TV licence fee)

    14 June 2015 · ✓ Accepted

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

24. Initiative «Taxing multi-millionaire inheritances»

    14 June 2015 · ✗ Rejected

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

25. Initiative for tax-free child allowances

    8 March 2015 · ✗ Rejected

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