Popular Initiative Stop F-35
¶ 3. Popular Initiative "Stop F-35"
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2021 | Launch by GSoA, SP, Greens |
| 16 August 2022 | Submission with ~120,000 signatures |
| 19 September 2022 | Contract signing by DDPS -- before popular vote |
| 2023 | Withdrawal of the initiative |
The Federal Council and the parliamentary majority created a fait accompli by signing the contract before a possible popular vote. The initiative was thereby de facto devalued. Seiler Graf: "We do not want to lend our hand to a pseudo-vote." Schlatter: "a democratic farce" (GSoA; Tages-Anzeiger, 2023).
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