2025 Swiss referendums

2025 Swiss referendums

February 2025 referendum
9 February 2025
Environmental Responsibility
For   30.16% Against   69.84%

Several referendums will be held in Switzerland during 2025, with national votes on 9 February, 18 May, 28 September and 11 November. ^[1]

February referendum

Only one popular initiative made it to the ballot for this first poll of the year, the "Environmental Responsibility Initiative", supported by the youth branch of Green Party. ^[2] If accepted, Switzerland would have ten years to reduce consumption and economic activity to "sustainable levels". The initiative did not indicate how these objectives should be met.

Both the Federal Council and Parliament recommended voters to reject the initiative, which ended up being soundly defeated. ^[3]

Results

Question	For			Against			Invalid/ blank	Total votes	Registered voters	Turnout	Outcome
	Votes	%	Cantons	Votes	%	Cantons
Environmental Responsibility	639,005	30.25	0+0⁄2	1,473,529	69.75	20+6⁄2				38.04	Rejected
Source: Federal Chancellery [4]

References

1. "Votes for the next 20 years". Federal Chancellery (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-09.
2. "Environmental Responsibility Initiative". Federal Council. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
3. "Les Suisses renvoient les Jeunes Vert·e·x·s à leurs études". Le Temps (in French). 9 February 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
4. "Votation populaire du 9.02.2025". Federal Chancellery (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-09.