Switzerland will allow the sale of weapons to countries embroiled in conflict, in a move favourable to its defence industry. The country insists such exports are compatible with neutrality.
"Another point of criticism raised by opponents is that even with the reform, it would still be prohibited to supply weapons to Ukraine. If, for example, Germany wanted to purchase war material from Switzerland in the future and it was already clear that this material would subsequently be delivered to Ukraine or another country at war at that time, the Federal Council would have to intervene."
Only source I found quickly, and from 2025-12-04, so I'm not sure how up to date it really is.
Basically export to everyone except Ukraine. The Re-export regulation will be removed, with the federal council retaining a Veto ... which they probably will only use when its about Ukraine.
An argument from the counter campaign is, that if they had wanted to help Ukraine, like they claimed at the beginning of the revision, they could have just changed small details.
Especially lifting restrictions for the US, Hungary and Argentina but not Ukraine is insane to me.
Zum Ende der Wintersession beschliesst das [Schweizer] Parlament das Budget – und streicht zehn Millionen Franken für einen Nachtzug nach Malmö. Gespart wird damit allerdings nicht: Das Geld fliesst neu in die Luftfahrt.
The vote was only if new fighter jets in general should be bought, see here. It was very close though, only 9'000 votes that led to a yes.
However the left (SP and Greens) are trying to get a referendum about buying the F-35 which I think could be successful given the state of the US and the increased price.
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From November, but I think it wasn't posted here yet / I didn't see it :) ...
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