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Mirco Good
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PhD Student in Political Science at the University of Bern / Public Opinion / Politicization / Swiss-EU Relations 🇪🇺🇨🇭 / EU Politics
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Public support, according to first polls, is slightly higher: 35% (rather) in favor.

But contrary to the study’s findings, there is a clear left-right divide on this issue.

It will be interesting to see how this develops toward the vote. 👀

www.srf.ch/news/1-srg-u...
Bar chart titled "Erbschaftssteuer-Initiative – Stimmabsichten nach Parteibindung (in Prozent)". It shows voting intentions by party affiliation for the upcoming inheritance tax initiative in Switzerland (survey period: 6–20 October 2025, ±2.8% margin of error). Grüne: 50% bestimmt dafür, 27% eher dafür, 3% weiß nicht, 14% eher dagegen, 6% bestimmt dagegen. SP: 51% bestimmt dafür, 21% eher dafür, 2% weiß nicht, 15% eher dagegen, 11% bestimmt dagegen. GLP: 12% bestimmt dafür, 12% eher dafür, 2% weiß nicht, 30% eher dagegen, 44% bestimmt dagegen. Die Mitte: 9% bestimmt dafür, 13% eher dafür, 2% weiß nicht, 16% eher dagegen, 60% bestimmt dagegen. FDP: 3% bestimmt dafür, 11% eher dafür, 2% weiß nicht, 7% eher dagegen, 77% bestimmt dagegen. SVP: 5% bestimmt dafür, 4% eher dafür, 3% weiß nicht, 9% eher dagegen, 79% bestimmt dagegen. Keine Partei: 5% bestimmt dafür, 13% eher dafür, 1% weiß nicht, 28% eher dagegen, 53% bestimmt dagegen. Source: SRF / GFS Bern on behalf of SRG SSR.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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We find that the strong politicization of EU issues in Switzerland increases the impact of national identity and rightist political attitudes on Euroscepticism. The only clear parallel in Europe: the UK.
Dot-and-error-bar plot showing how national identity (attachment to nation) influences Euroscepticism across countries. Switzerland and the UK stand out with much stronger positive effects compared to EU27 and EEA countries, where the difference from the overall effect is insignificant or negative.
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Bar chart comparing public perceptions of the EU across European countries. Switzerland stands out with one of the highest shares of negative views (very negative or fairly negative) and the lowest positive evaluations, similar only to the UK and Czech Republic. Most other countries, including Norway and Iceland, show more positive or neutral attitudes.
August 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM