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Public economy and services
Rail after construction
A permanent fund brought maintenance and expansion together. Network priorities and access to trains still required separate decisions.
ReadPolicy over time
2014–2017 · Wages, investment and reform choices
Debates over wages, health insurance and pensions intersected with decisions on rail, taxation and energy. The studies distinguish proposals, voting outcomes and implementation, testing claims against the effects that can actually be established.
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Chronological reading
Theme · Publication type · Year studied
2014
Period studied
Work and wages
Understanding the national no
Rejecting a federal CHF 22 floor did not settle collective bargaining or the resources households need.
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Health and care
The insurer and the care system
The proposal concerned insurance organisation. Premiums, treatment prices and care capacity require distinct mechanisms.
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Work and wages
Who enforces the wage?
Access to the labour market does not replace checks on contracts, paid time and the applicable wage rule.
Read2015
Period studied
Work and wages
Who bears exchange-rate risk?
Ending the exchange-rate floor changed monetary conditions. Effects on work also depended on costs, markets and companies’ decisions.
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Social protection and equality
Who guarantees access to study?
Transferring competence and attaching conditions to federal grants are different approaches. Their value depends on security for the person studying.
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Work and wages
From experience to a recognised award
The SERI project connected adapted provision, validation, information and finance. Attending a course is not yet obtaining a qualification.
Read2016
Period studied
Social protection and equality
From the payment to real resources
The discussion amount was not written into the constitutional principle. Effects depended on financing and rights retained.
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Public economy and services
What should public revenue serve?
The proposal linked economic purpose, cross-subsidies and wages. Rejection did not define what public enterprises owe the population.
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Public economy and services
From tunnel to freight chain
The structure created new capacity. Train paths, approach lines and terminals determined whether it could serve complete journeys.
Read2017
Period studied
Energy, ecology and regions
The costs of the 2017 transition
The first energy package combined savings, renewable support and an electricity surcharge. Fairness also depended on access to investment.
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Social protection and equality
Two votes, several distributions
Retirement age, conversion rates, an AHV supplement and VAT formed a linked package. Rejection blocked implementation and cannot be reduced to a single motive.
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Public economy and services
Who bore the tax reform’s risk?
Abolishing special statuses was combined with new reliefs and federal transfers. The rejected package requires its choices and recipients to be distinguished.
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Work and wages
From hourly floor to income
The Federal Supreme Court upheld Neuchâtel’s social-policy measure. Implementation required clarity on the statutory base, indexation, paid hours and collective agreements.
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