• The federal popular initiative (German: Eidegenössische Volksinitiative, French: Initiative populaire fédérale, Italian: Iniziativa popolare federale...
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    A popular initiative (also citizens' initiative) is a form of direct democracy by which a petition meeting certain hurdles can force a legal procedure...
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    direct democracy. Popular initiatives were introduced as a tool at the federal level in the 1891 partial revision of the Swiss Federal Constitution. Between...
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    The federal popular initiative "against the construction of minarets" was a successful popular initiative in Switzerland to prevent the construction of...
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    the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration" (German: Eidgenössische Volksinitiative "Gegen Masseneinwanderung", French: Initiative populaire...
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  • (referendum on a law accepted by the Federal Assembly and, that collected 50,000 signatures of opponents) Federal popular initiatives (votation on a modification...
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    addition, the people may present a constitutional popular initiative to introduce amendments to the federal constitution. The people also assume a role similar...
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  • opponents to the federal popular initiative "For the protection against gun violence", brought to referendum on February 13, 2011. The initiative was broadly...
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  • The federal popular initiative "For the Expulsion of Criminal Foreigners," also known as the "expulsion initiative," is a Swiss popular initiative that...
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    a new article into the constitution. This mechanism is called federal popular initiative. Thus, partial revisions of the constitution could – from this...
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