Swiss voters flatly rejected today's referendums the initiative that envisaged better protection of biodiversity, as well as the proposal on the reform of pension financing, according to the first projections of the results published after the polls closed.
The projection of the results is not a surprise, since polls published before the vote already indicated that two proposals would be rejected. That they were rejected was confirmed by the first projections of the polling institute gfs.bern, published immediately after the closing of the polling stations at noon.
The Biodiversity Initiative, supported by several organizations for the defense of nature and landscape such as Pro Nataura, BirdLife, Swiss Heritage (Patrimoine Suisse) seeks more funds and areas for better protection of biodiversity and nature even outside protected areas, as well as better protection of landscape and built heritage. The proposal was supported by 37 percent of voters.
According to partial results published by the federal government on a special application, almost 66 percent of voters rejected the text as early as 8.30:XNUMX a.m. local time.
Today, the Swiss also rejected the pension financing reform that the Government wanted, according to the first projections, according to which this initiative received the support of only 31 percent of the voters. 67 percent were against the initiative, according to the federal government's application, based on partially counted votes at 8.30:XNUMX a.m. local time.
Thus, the left and the unions won a victory over a project they called a betrayal and a trap.
In Switzerland, pension funding is based on three "pillars", state allocation, professional allocation and private allocation. Only the first two are mandatory.
The reform envisaged that employees would pay more themselves for pensions.
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