Zurich Late Count Tips E-ID Over the Line
The map said no for hours. The largest canton said yes late, and that was enough.
September 2025
19 posts in the September 2025 file.
Sunday, 28 September 2025
Narrow Yes for E-ID as Voters Also Back Second-Home Tax Reform
Digital identity scraped through. Mountain tax collectors had an easier night.
Friday, 26 September 2025
Autumn Session Rises So Deputies Can Go Home and Count
Parliament can adjourn. A campaign cannot. The building emptied into letterboxes.
Schaffhausen Asks SBB to Stop Late German Trains at the Border
Basel already dumps late German trains at the frontier. Schaffhausen wants the same courtesy.
Thursday, 25 September 2025
SNB Holds Policy Rate at Zero Ahead of the Ballot Weekend
No cut, no hike, and a reminder that zero is a decision, not a pause button.
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Postal Ballots Dominate as September's Double Vote Hits the Last Week
The democratic event is increasingly a kitchen table, a stamp and a Monday collection.
Monday, 22 September 2025
Late Polls Keep E-ID Inside a Point Either Way
A point either way is not a lead. It is an instruction to wait for Zurich.
Friday, 19 September 2025
Lavaux Harvest Starts Early After a Warm Late Summer
The grapes were ready before some of the seasonal workers were. That is an early vintage in one sentence.
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Engadine Chalet Owners Hold a Quiet Meeting Before the Ballot
The people who sleep here in February vote somewhere else in September.
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Frankfurt Rate Path Keeps Swiss Exporters in a Narrow Band
The interesting number is not in the ECB statement. It is on the invoice in euros.
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Valais Mayors Split on How Hard to Cheer a Second-Home Tax
They want the door opened. They do not want to be photographed kicking it.
Monday, 15 September 2025
SBB to Replace Gotthard Base Tunnel Tracks Earlier Than Planned
The world's longest railway tunnel is wearing out on a faster clock than the brochure.
Friday, 12 September 2025
E-ID Campaign Enters Its Final Stretch Before 28 September
Switzerland is voting again on a digital identity, and neither side trusts the other's adjectives.
Thursday, 11 September 2025
E-ID Hearing in Bern Becomes an Argument About Contractors
The law names a state. The architecture names companies. Voters hear both and trust neither.
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Session Returns to Premiums That Households Already Paid
The 2025 premiums are history in the kitchen. In the chamber they are still a live file.
Monday, 8 September 2025
Knabenschiessen Fills Albisguetli on the Session's Opening Day
Carnival rides and a rifle range older than the federal state shared a Monday with the Bundeshaus.
Autumn Session Opens as Two Campaigns Enter Their Final Weeks
The sitting has a timetable. The country has a Sunday. Deputies have to live in both.
Friday, 5 September 2025
Second-Home Tax Leads in Polls as Owners Start Counting
The plateau is ready to tax a bed it does not sleep in. The valleys want the money and the guests.
Thursday, 4 September 2025
Early September Polls Put E-ID on a Knife Edge
A federal act needs a popular majority, not a cantonal one. The map still looked unfriendly.