Governance & transparency
This area covers federal institutions, popular rights, federalism and the transparency of politics and administration.
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Related federal votes
Selection: votes that Swissvotes assigns to this topic's policy area (Swissvotes codebook), and votes linked by Votara editors.
Accepted: 54 of 107
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The 10 most recent of 107 past votes
- E-ID Act Accepted
- Initiative «For freedom and physical integrity» Rejected
- Justice initiative Rejected
- Act on Electronic Identification Services (e-ID Act) Rejected
- Initiative for a ban on full facial coverings Accepted
- Self-determination initiative Rejected
- «Sovereign Money Initiative» Rejected
- Simplified naturalisation for third-generation foreigners Accepted
- Initiative «Pedophiles must no longer be allowed to work with children» Accepted
- Initiative for the election of the Federal Council by the people Rejected
Source: Année politique suisse, University of Bern — Swissvotes – database of federal popular votes (data 1848–2027, source checked on ) Checks failing
Citizen urgency and parliament attention
- Parliamentary business
- 9.9% of 8,496 business items
- Agora daily votes
- fewer than 50 votes Opinion of Votara users, not a representative poll
Curia Vista subjects counted for this area: Staatspolitik, Parlament.
1,656 items carry at least one of these subjects; an item that also belongs to other areas is split between them.
Votara calculation. The Parliamentary Services tag every business item with one or more subjects; Votara assigns each subject to at most one area. An item that touches several areas is split equally between them.
Agora votes are not representative of the population.
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Sources: Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly — Business submitted by members of parliament (Curia Vista) (source checked on ) Checks failing; Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly — Business types and statuses (Curia Vista) (source checked on ); Votara — Votara calculation – share of parliamentary business per problem area (Curia Vista subject tags mapped)
Source of the Federal Assembly data: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern. Downloaded on Business submitted by members of parliament (Curia Vista): 10 November 2026; Business types and statuses (Curia Vista): 1 November 2026. Prepared by Votara; this is not an official publication. Terms of use of the data