GENEVA – Swiss voters on Sunday resoundingly rejected a proposal to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for all and another on taxing the superrich to fund the climate fight.
Final results from across the country’s 26 cantons showed voters spurning the initiatives, which had generated significant discussion in the wealthy Alpine nation.
The so-called Civic Duty proposal, which called for requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity, was snubbed by a whopping 84% of voters nationally.
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