The members' instruments

How members instruct and question the Federal Council – and where the business submitted since 1 March 2026 stands.

Parliamentary initiative
own act
A member, a group or a committee proposes a draft act. If the committees of both chambers give it effect, Parliament drafts the bill itself.
71 submitted
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Zugewiesen an die behandelnde Kommission32
- Eingereicht22
- In Kommission des Nationalrats6
- Vorprüfung - in Kommission des Ständerates4
- In Kommission des Ständerats2
- Vorprüfung - in Kommission des Nationalrates2
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Motion
instruction
Instructs the Federal Council to submit a draft act or to take a measure. Binding once both chambers adopt it.
660 submitted
The Federal Council's proposal
- adopt64
- adopt in part5
- reject339
- no proposal yet252
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor287
- Eingereicht239
- Zugewiesen an die behandelnde Kommission52
- Erledigt36
- In Kommission des Nationalrats11
- In Ständerat geplant10
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Postulate
examination
Instructs the Federal Council to examine whether an act or a measure is needed and to report. One chamber is enough.
187 submitted
The Federal Council's proposal
- adopt43
- adopt in part2
- reject78
- no proposal yet64
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor74
- Eingereicht61
- Überwiesen an den Bundesrat39
- Erledigt6
- In Ständerat geplant5
- Beratung in Kommission des Ständerates abgeschlossen2
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Interpellation
information
Asks the Federal Council for information on important federal affairs; a debate in the chamber may follow.
848 submitted
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor412
- Eingereicht288
- Erledigt122
- In Ständerat geplant23
- –3
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Question
information
Asks the Federal Council for a written answer, without a debate in the chamber.
59 submitted
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Erledigt37
- Eingereicht21
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor1
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Question time
information
A short question to the Federal Council, answered orally in the National Council's question time.
1,045 submitted
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Erledigt1043
- –2
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By the authors' group

The group a member belongs to today. Business submitted by committees, by groups as such and by former members stands under «Others». No ranking: the groups follow the seating order.

Parliamentary group	Parliamentary initiative	Motion	Postulate	Interpellation	Question	Question time
Greens	3	73	26	176	5	180
SP	15	98	29	217	29	264
GLP	1	41	14	50	1	22
Centre	7	83	42	133	4	121
FDP	2	61	27	92	9	80
SVP	24	212	21	172	11	378
Non-attached	0	1	0	0	0	0
Others	19	91	28	8	0	0

Not an official publication. Names, figures and the texts of the votes appear unchanged, exactly as the Parliamentary Services publish them.