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Parliament / Votes / Council of States · 19.06.2026 · 25.018

Final vote · Council of States · Sommersession 2026

Bundesbeschluss über die Volksinitiative «Ja zu fairen Bundessteuern auch für Ehepaare – Diskriminierung der Ehe endlich abschaffen!»

«Ja zu fairen Bundessteuern auch für Ehepaare — Diskriminierung der Ehe endlich abschaffen!». VolksinitiativeBusiness 25.018part of the proposal Initiative for fair federal taxes for married couples

Subject: «Schlussabstimmung»

24 Yes20 No0 Abstention2 not voting

Yes meant: adopting the federal decree and thereby recommending that the people and the cantons reject the initiative.

Machine translation · German original

Ja hiess: den Bundesbeschluss annehmen und damit Volk und Ständen empfehlen, die Initiative abzulehnen.

In the data: yes “Annahme des Bundesbeschlusses” · no “Ablehnung”

By group

  • Greens3 · 0 · 0line Yes 100 %
  • SP7 · 0 · 0line Yes 100 %
  • GLP1 · 0 · 0line Yes 100 %
  • Centre0 · 14 · 0 · 1line No 100 %
  • FDP12 · 0 · 0line Yes 100 %
  • SVP0 · 6 · 0 · 1line No 100 %
  • Non-attached1 · 0 · 0

YesNoAbstentionnot voting

Unlike the group

Nobody voted against their group's line.

Since the overall vote

Nobody has voted differently since the overall vote.

The bill may have changed between the two votes.

Why this vote: The final vote on the federal decree on the initiative. It contains Parliament’s voting recommendation.

All 46 votes

Source: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern, retrieved 14.09.2026. Raw data

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