Old-age provision Swiss reject new vote despite AHV calculation error

Despite the federal government's error in the AHV calculation, the Swiss do not want to vote again on raising the retirement age for women. This is shown by a survey published on Friday by the daily newspaper "Le Temps".

According to the survey, 45% of those questioned by the opinion research institute MIS Trend would reject a new vote on the AHV reform. 39% of respondents are in favor, 16% are undecided. The reform and thus the increase in the retirement age for women to 65 was narrowly approved in September 2022. For the survey, 1193 eligible voters aged between 18 and 65 were questioned.

Even if there were to be another vote, only "a limited number of people would change their minds and the result would again be extremely close", explained Mathias Humery from MIS Trend in Le Temps. "What is very clear is that the federal government's miscalculation [...] does not upset voting intentions at national level," he added.

Miscalculated by four billion

At the beginning of August, the FSIO revealed that it had made a mistake in its financial forecasts for the AHV and had spent four billion less than planned for 2033. The Federal Councillor at the head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA), Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, ordered the opening of an administrative investigation.

The FSIO's error led to fierce criticism from across the political spectrum. The Greens filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court to have the vote declared invalid.