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Security & crime

This area covers crime, policing, criminal justice, the army and civil protection.

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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.

Each line is one vote, from 1848 to 2026: accepted rejected

Accepted: 19 of 53

The 10 most recent of 53 past votes

  1. Amendment to the Civilian Service Act Accepted
  2. Service Citoyen Initiative Rejected
  3. Act on police measures to combat terrorism Accepted
  4. Initiative «For a ban on financing war material manufacturers» Rejected
  5. Procurement of new fighter aircraft Accepted
  6. Implementation of the EU Weapons Directive Accepted
  7. Act on the Intelligence Service Accepted
  8. Fund for the acquisition of the Gripen fighter aircraft Rejected
  9. Initiative for the abolition of compulsory military service Rejected
  10. Gesetz über den Zivilschutz Accepted

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
12.3% 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: Sicherheitspolitik, Strafrecht.

1,817 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.

All areas compared · How the subjects are assigned to the areas

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