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Bilaterals III
Package “Stabilising and further developing Switzerland–EU relations”. The Federal Council adopted the dispatch for Parliament in March 2026.
Machine translation · German original
Paket «Stabilisierung und Weiterentwicklung der Beziehungen Schweiz–EU». Der Bundesrat hat die Botschaft im März 2026 zuhanden des Parlaments verabschiedet.
Each impact is stated in its own unit. schwur.ch does not combine them into an overall score.
- Federal finances
National replacement funding for research projects
650 example valueCHF m per year · range 550–700Confidence 0.6 · medium4 pieces of evidence - Switzerland–EU institutional cooperation
Disputes are decided by an arbitral tribunal with equal representation
No figuredescribed qualitatively, evidence linkedConfidence 0.8 · high5 pieces of evidence - Switzerland–EU institutional cooperation
Developments in EU law are adopted into the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons
No figuredescribed qualitatively, evidence linkedConfidence 0.8 · high3 pieces of evidence - Research & innovation
Access to Horizon calls as coordinator
No figuredescribed qualitatively, evidence linkedConfidence 0.8 · high2 pieces of evidence - No figurenot yet estimated in this scenarioConfidence 0.5 · medium2 pieces of evidence
- Market access & legal certainty
Legal certainty in access to the EU internal market
No figuredescribed qualitatively, evidence linkedConfidence 0.5 · medium2 pieces of evidence - Switzerland–EU institutional cooperation
Compensatory measures if an arbitral ruling is not implemented
No figuredescribed qualitatively, evidence linkedConfidence 0.8 · high4 pieces of evidence - Direct democracy
Popular votes against the adoption of EU law remain possible
No figuredescribed qualitatively, evidence linkedConfidence 0.8 · high4 pieces of evidence
Legal impacts
- Future regulatory risk
Compensatory measures in the event of non-compliance with an arbitral ruling
Institutional Protocol AFMP Art. 11 Abs. 1 · linked to 2 impacts
- Dynamic adoption of law
Dynamic adoption of EU law
Institutional Protocol AFMP Art. 5 Abs. 1 · linked to 1 impact
- Procedural change
Deadlines for Parliament and the people in the adoption process
Institutional Protocol AFMP Art. 6 Abs. 2 · linked to 2 impacts
- Expansion of a right
Right of permanent residence for economically active EU citizens
FNIA Art. 41d Abs. 1 · linked to 1 impact
- Interpretative effect
Binding interpretation of EU law by the CJEU in arbitration proceedings
Institutional Protocol AFMP Art. 10 Abs. 4 Bst. a · linked to 1 impact
Parliament
Through the chambers: 26.023
Every vote on the businesses tied to this proposal, from the vote on entry to the final vote. Marked in red: the votes the editors called decisive; click a column to open the vote.
Council of States
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| Council | Yes29:15 | Yes32:9 | Yes41:1 | Yes26:13 | Yes38:0 | Yes27:14 | Yes30:11 | Yes31:11 | Yes40:0 | No15:29 | No15:29 | Yes41:0 | Yes34:10 | No22:23 | No20:24 | No17:26 | Yes26:14 | No19:22 | Yes34:6 | Yes32:11 | Yes31:7 | Yes30:12 | No19:26 | No20:22 | Yes41:3 | Yes24:20 | Yes26:16 | Yes31:10 | Yes28:15 | No19:25 | Yes24:18 | Yes23:17 | Yes22:21 | Yes25:16 | Yes30:10 | Yes32:10 | Yes31:11 | Yes31:11 | Yes30:9 | Yes31:10 | Yes31:11 | Yes31:11 | Yes31:11 | Yes31:11 | Yes23:18 | Yes26:16 | Yes23:19 | Yes30:14 | No21:22 | Yes32:12 | Yes36:4 | Yes27:12 | Yes31:13 | Yes25:20 | Yes28:14 | Yes32:11 | Yes30:12 | Yes31:11 |
| Greens | Yes 100 | Yes 67 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 67 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 67 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 67 | No 67 | No 67 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 67 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 |
| SP | Yes 100 | Yes 71 | Yes 100 | No 71 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 71 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 |
| GLP | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 |
| Centre | Yes 71 | Yes 92 | Yes 92 | split | Yes 85 | Yes 86 | Yes 85 | Yes 92 | Yes 86 | split | split | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | split | No 79 | No 69 | Yes 71 | split | Yes 92 | Yes 69 | Yes 69 | Yes 69 | split | No 71 | Yes 100 | split | split | Yes 73 | Yes 71 | split | Yes 71 | Yes 71 | split | split | Yes 71 | Yes 71 | Yes 71 | Yes 71 | split | Yes 71 | Yes 71 | Yes 71 | Yes 71 | Yes 71 | split | split | split | split | split | Yes 100 | Yes 83 | Yes 69 | Yes 86 | split | split | Yes 69 | split | split |
| FDP | split | split | Yes 100 | Yes 89 | Yes 100 | split | Yes 70 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 73 | No 73 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | split | Yes 91 | No 82 | Yes 82 | No 73 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 73 | split | split | Yes 73 | split | split | split | split | No 67 | split | split | Yes 75 | split | Yes 91 | Yes 100 | Yes 91 | Yes 91 | Yes 91 | Yes 91 | Yes 91 | Yes 91 | Yes 91 | Yes 91 | split | split | split | Yes 75 | No 73 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | split | split | split | Yes 73 | Yes 92 | Yes 92 | Yes 92 |
| SVP | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 71 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 86 | No 100 | No 100 | No 83 | Yes 86 | No 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 71 | No 71 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | split | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 67 | No 67 | No 83 | No 100 | No 100 | Yes 100 | Yes 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 100 | No 86 | No 86 | No 86 |
decisive, marked by the editorsYesNoAbst.split, under two thirdsFigure: the group's share in %; a line from two thirds
For the sessions 2025WS, 2026FS the Council of States published no roll-call lists; its votes from those sessions are missing.
Source: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern, retrieved 01.10.2026. Raw data
Not an official publication. Names, figures and the texts of the votes appear unchanged, exactly as the Parliamentary Services publish them.
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