Switzerland votes on motorway expansion, tenants’ rights and health insurance

Swiss citizens have until midday on Sunday, November 24, to cast their votes on four federal bills. The issue stirring the most debate concerns the proposed expansion of the country’s motorways. The results of the referendums should be known before the day is out. The Swiss go out to vote on national issues up to four times a year. On November 24, they will have their say on four decisions adopted by the Swiss parliament, and which various interest groups and political parties are seeking to oppose by means of a referendum. This means that at least 50,000 signatures were collected per issue from people in favour of a vote. Specifically, the decisions being put to referendum are: If Swiss voters had cast their votes in early November, it would have been a tight race for all four bills, according to a survey by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, SWI swissinfo.ch’s parent company. The motorway expansion and the eased conditions for landlords to terminate a lease would have been ...