PCP
Democracy and public responsibility
Media, languages and independence
Rejecting fee abolition preserved pooled funding. Its legitimacy also depends on editorial autonomy and access for linguistic minorities.
ReadPolicy over time
2018–2021 · Public services and social capacity
Media, social funding, corporate responsibility and the pandemic revealed the connection between rights and practical provision. This period examines the instruments and limitations of employment protection, care, housing and digital infrastructure.
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Chronological reading
Theme · Publication type · Year studied
2018
Period studied
Public economy and services
Money, loans and distinct risks
The rejected initiative separated money creation from bank lending. Its stability promise requires examination by function, with proposals distinguished from experience.
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Social protection and equality
Who receives food’s value?
The two rejected agricultural initiatives asked different questions. Examining them connects farm income, production conditions and affordable food.
Read2019
Period studied
Social protection and equality
Following AHV’s three revenue streams
The accepted compromise linked corporate taxation and AHV financing. Receipts came through distinct channels with different payers and effects.
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Work and wages
From pay gap to evidence
2019 prepared mandatory equal-pay analysis. Statistics and formal verification offered tools whose precise scope mattered.
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Housing and living costs
What remains after rent?
Geneva rent statistics and research on vulnerable households revealed two sides: observed prices and the ability to remain adequately housed.
Read2020
Period studied
Work and wages
2020: preserving the employment contract through the pandemic
What short-time work preserved, and the boundaries of protection delivered through an employer.
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Health and care
2020: a bed alone does not create care capacity
Staff, equipment and transfers: what the pandemic revealed about hospital organisation.
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Housing and living costs
2020: after the housing quota was rejected, what tools remained?
The initiative and revolving fund posed different questions: how much to build and how to finance lasting affordability.
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International affairs and peace
2020: reporting, prevention and liability for harm
The responsible business initiative distinguished duties that public debate often grouped under one word.
Read2021
Period studied
Health and care
2021: train nurses and enable them to stay
The constitutional mandate connected access to care, professional skills and working conditions.
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Energy, ecology and regions
2021: climate policy, household budgets and the power to act
Rejection of the CO2 law calls for separating levies, redistribution and actual access to alternatives.
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Social protection and equality
2021: the boundaries of pandemic assistance
Federal adjustments and two cantonal responses show how eligibility criteria opened or closed access.
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Democracy and public responsibility
2021: who should answer for electronic identity?
Rejection of the first e-ID law concerned public responsibility as well as technology.
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