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Microtax: the latest in a line of big-idea citizen initiatives

This content was published on Jan 22, 2021 A people's initiative is giving new life to the old idea of taxing financial transactions. Can the “microtax” become more than a mere idea?

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Wikipedia: Democracy at your fingertips?

This content was published on Jan 15, 2021 Wikipedia celebrates its 20th anniversary amid doubts whether it has helped spread democracy worldwide.

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Referendums still thriving amid Covid measures

This content was published on Jan 14, 2021 This week’s democracy briefing: as the Swiss government announces new Covid measures, campaigners have been collecting signatures to challenge them.

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Swiss to vote in referendum on government’s Covid restrictions

This content was published on Jan 14, 2021 Swiss campaigners have triggered a referendum to strip the government of new legal powers to impose lockdowns and curtail public life.

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Climate and Covid laws set to come to public vote

This content was published on Jan 12, 2021 Campaigners have handed in signatures in a bid to bring the two laws, passed by parliament last September, to a national referendum.

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100 years of Swiss political posters in colour

This content was published on Jan 8, 2021 Even in the age of digitalisation, the traditional political poster is still an important part of every referendum campaign.

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Counting the votes, accepting the results

This content was published on Dec 21, 2020 After weeks of tense tallying, the US Electoral College has finally confirmed the next American president. This and more in the latest SWI democracy briefing.

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Vote-counting procedures can tame even wild democracies

This content was published on Dec 20, 2020 The US needed five weeks to count all the ballots cast in its recent election. In Switzerland many votes are weighed to save time.

Members of the Swiss Federal Council visit a traditional cheesemaker in Affoltern in Emmental in 2016.

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How to make the Federal Council more weatherproof

This content was published on Dec 9, 2020 There's hardly any research on the Federal Council. Adrian Vatter's book makes up for that – and points out where there is room for improvement.

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