{"id":459184,"date":"2025-09-29T01:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459184\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:13:16","slug":"basel-votes-for-pro-eu-clause-in-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459184\/","title":{"rendered":"Basel votes for pro-EU clause in constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/flags.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"EU and Swiss flags\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Basel wants a positive approach to EU relations            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone \/ Anthony Anex        <\/p>\n<p>        Voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the constitution of canton Basel-City to strive for &#8220;good and stable relations&#8221; between Switzerland and the European Union.\n<\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        September 28, 2025 &#8211; 15:24\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pro-European initiative was backed by 32,881 votes to 18,075 against, which corresponds to a yes vote of 64.5%. Voter turnout was 50.7%. The proposal received a majority in both the city of Basel and the two rural municipalities of Riehen and Bettingen.<\/p>\n<p>The Basel section of the European Movement Switzerland launched the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Following the failed framework agreement of 2021, it wanted to send a signal from the canton to the federal government in Bern by enshrining a \u201cEurope article\u201d in the constitution. However, the article does not prescribe any specific instructions for action.<\/p>\n<p>The popular initiative received support from both the government and all parties except the Swiss People\u2019s Party. The neighboring canton of Basel-Country will decide on a similar initiative at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/666159710_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"Photo of phone with e-ID\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss Politics\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss voters back e-ID and abolish rental tax    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 28, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Final figures show 50.4% of voters backed e-ID and 57.7% approved a reform of home ownership taxes.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-politics\/swiss-voters-have-decided-on-electronic-id-and-abolishing-rental-tax\/90057432\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss voters back e-ID and abolish rental tax<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translated from German with DeepL\/mga<\/p>\n<p>                How we work            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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