EU: A quarter of the Swiss population is eligible to vote

More EU voters live in Switzerland than in some EU member states. However, appealing to them is time-consuming. SRF national editor Matthias Strasser explains how to vote from Switzerland. How many people are eligible to vote in Switzerland? Based on data from the Federal Statistical Office, the EU delegation in Bern estimate that around 2.3 million people in Switzerland hold an EU passport. This roughly corresponds to the population of French-speaking region in Switzerland. Within the EU, this is comparable to the population of Slovenia. However of those 2.3 million EU passport holders, around 1.9 million people in Switzerland are actually eligible to vote. Who can vote in June? The rules for voting differ depending on the rules of the individual member state. In some countries, such as Germany and Austria, the voting age is 16, in most EU countries, however, the voting age is 18. Some member states do not allow individuals living abroad to vote when residing in certain regions.