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In Switzerland, the popular initiative bills on the liability of multinationals vis-à-vis their partners outside Switzerland and on the financing of the arms industry, which were voted on today, were rejected.
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The proposal on the responsibility of multinationals had been approved by the majority of the voters who participated in the vote, with around 50.7 percent, but not in the majority of the twenty-six cantons, a necessary requirement for the initiative to be approved . SwissInfo in fact, he writes that “only eight cantons and one semi-canton approved the proposal,” while “the majority of the cantons in German-speaking Switzerland took a united position against the initiative.” It has only happened ten times in Swiss history that the majority of voters decide one way and the majority of cantons another.
On the other hand, the financing initiative of the arms industry was rejected with a margin of around 11 points.
General duty of care and #responsibility civil for the activities of #multinational: the #Switzerland Rejects the initiative “by responsible companies”, but only with the non-cantons. 50.7% of voters say yes. #difficult #human rights https://t.co/aBx5E9gu2D
– swissinfo.ch (@swissinfo_it) November 29, 2020
Federal vote of November 29, 2020
Final resultsFor responsible companies
PARTICIPATION 43.4%
YES 54.2%
NO 45.8%Prohibition of financing producers of war material
PARTICIPATION 43.4%
YES 44.8%
NO 55.2%https://t.co/b2q3VzhpNY #voteTI # federal vote #CHVote pic.twitter.com/WDNwjDSVUe
– SIC (@ti_SIC) November 29, 2020
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