Voting results September 22: Geneva votes left

In addition to the two federal issues, the people of Geneva voted on two cantonal ballots: the length of teachers’ studies and corporate taxation.

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Geneva refuses to touch teacher training

Primary school teacher training will still last four years in Geneva. According to initial results, the reduction to three years was rejected in a vote on Sunday by 61.11% of the votes. The reform was attacked by teachers and the left.

Geneva maintains its four-year university curriculum, while the other French-speaking cantons train their future teachers in three years in teacher training colleges. Voted by the right-wing majority in the Grand Council, the amendment to the law on public education aimed to train more students in Geneva and allow them to enter the job market more quickly.

The referendum supporters won on Sunday, even in the ranks of the Centre and the MCG, which had initially supported the reform. According to them, the current university training offers a high degree of expertise, in line with the complexity of situations and needs in an urban canton. The course trains generalists capable of teaching fourteen subjects in the eight primary levels.

Geneva does not lower taxes for entrepreneurs

Geneva refuses to lower taxes for bosses who own at least 10% of their company, who work and reside in the canton. According to the first results, This tax cut was rejected on Sunday by 58.05% of “no” votes. in voting.

The amendment to the Personal Income Tax Act was aimed at supporting the local economy by reducing the tax burden on entrepreneurs. It was attacked by Solidarités and the Labour Party, members of the Ensemble à Gauche coalition, with the support of the Interprofessional Workers’ Union (SIT) because of the loss of tax revenue, estimated at 30 million francs.

Around 4,300 entrepreneurs were affected by this tax reduction. For the referendum participants, it would not benefit the majority of owners of small and medium-sized businesses, but 23 taxpayers, whose company value exceeds 30 million and who would have seen their taxes reduced by 500,000 francs on average.

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