The bourgeois bloc is taking advantage of its strengthening during the 2023 federal elections to pass more proposals. This is shown by data compiled by the “Swiss Political Year” platform of the University of Bern, based on the first year of the Parliament’s term.
The most represented party, the UDC emerged as the big winner in the last federal elections with 9 additional seats. As a result, more than a third of its proposals were accepted, an increase of 16 percentage points, according to data compiled by the platform.Swiss political year” from the University of Bern.
This success rate was possible thanks in particular to the support of the PLR. The liberal-radicals were the most convincing under the Federal Dome. More than 70% of their texts passed the ramp last year, just ahead of the Vert’liberales, who also did well.
The Center was less convincing, but it still managed to get nearly two thirds of its interventions voted on.
Three areas
This shift to the right is observed in three areas in particular. Asylum policy, firstly, saw the greatest number of interventions in 2024. Texts aimed at toughening the provisions received more support than during the previous legislature.
We also observe a change in the debates on nuclear power. Four objects aimed at the development of this energy were rejected by the former Parliament. However, last year the Council of States adopted a postulate to extend the operation of existing power plants.
Ultimately, the right to vote at 16, which had been supported by the old Parliament, was ultimately rejected by the new one.
-The left is struggling
Conversely, the left is finding it increasingly difficult to convince under the Dome, according to data from the “Swiss Political Year” platform. The PS only passed 18% of its interventions in 2024, much less than during the last legislature.
The situation is even more gloomy among the Greens. Only one text in ten convinced Parliament last year, three times less than between 2020 and 2023.
However, the trend is quite different regarding popular votes. If the left struggled to pass texts through the Chambers, it experienced several great successes in front of the population last year: the yes to the thirteenth AVS pension, the refusal of the extension of the motorways and that of the reform of the second pillar.
Mathieu Henderson/asch
Swiss
