Swiss Vote to Restrict Civilian-Service Alternative for Young Men
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COMMENT. Accepted by 53% of the votes, the revision of the civil service offers a suspension to the army. But this narrow yes, ripped out in a geopolitical context yet uncertain, sounds like a warning to the staff: the security of the workforce cannot save a profound modernizationThe Swiss finally approved the revision of the civil service. But without much enthusiasm. While the project was carried by the Federal Council, the majority of the par…
SRF's first trend calculations make it clear that there is an exciting Sunday. There is no trend on the initiative over 10 million Swiss citizens. The revision of the Civil Service Act is expected to be adopted.
Switzerland votes on access to alternative military service. Federal Council and Parliament are in favour of the proposal.
Swiss vote to restrict civilian-service alternative for young men
Young Swiss men will soon face tighter restrictions on opting for civilian service instead of compulsory military duty after voters approved a reform in Sunday’s referendum (Yes: 52.5%; No: 47.5%). The new rules are expected to enter into force in mid-2027. Swiss civilian service was approved by voters in 1992 and introduced in 1996 for […]
Access to civilian service will be more difficult. The Swiss supported by 52.5% on Sunday a reform making civil service again an exception to military service, according to the final results. Only two German cantons said no to the project, Basel City and, by little, Zurich.
There was a little hope that the high mobilisation in the cities against the 10 million initiative of the SVP would also bode for the tightening of civil service admission. ...more
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