Switzerland -EU Committee has collected signatures for Kompass initiative
The committee behind the Kompass initiative submitted the signatures it had collected on Friday. The petition for a referendum wants to make the new treaties with the EU subject to a majority of the cantons. Exactly when it will be put to the vote is still a matter for discussion.
29.08.2025, 14:00
SDA
Of the 140,000 signatures submitted, more than 115,000 have been certified, the initiators announced. They reiterated their demand that the petition for a referendum should be put to the vote before a decision is made on the treaties with Brussels.
The Federal Council is proposing that the treaty package should only be subject to an optional referendum. This would require a popular majority for ratification, but not a majority of the cantons. The Federal Constitution does not provide for a mandatory referendum in such cases, it argues.
The authors of the Compass Initiative, on the other hand, are of the opinion that the new treaties would make deep cuts to direct democracy and Switzerland's sovereignty. The dynamic adoption of EU law would be tantamount to "passive EU membership".
