As is often the case, the Swiss Abroad voted slightly differently on Sunday from the resident population back home. The majority of the diaspora said yes to the biodiversity initiative and narrowly rejected the government-backed reform of the occupational pension scheme.
In contrast to the situation back home, most Swiss Abroad voters supported the biodiversity initiative. Similar differences had already been observed during the climate vote in June 2023 (when the “yes” vote from the Swiss Abroad was much higher than that of voters back home),…