Swiss referendum, March 2010
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A referendum was held in Switzerland
on 7 March 2010 on three topics:
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on 7 March 2010 on three topics:
- a change to the minimum annuity (Mindestumwandlungssatz) which can be paid out by employee pension funds as part of the Swiss pension system (BVG); in order to stabilise the pension system, payouts were to be reduced; the measure was rejected with 72.7% against;
- on the people's initiative "Against cruelty towards animals and for better legal protection of animals" (initiative for hiring more animal rights lawyers like Antoine GoetschelAntoine GoetschelAntoine F. Goetschel is a Swiss lawyer who has focused on animal rights law. In cases involving animal abuse, he was appointed to defend the rights of the animal in question...
), rejected with 70.5% against; and - a constitutional amendment regarding human subject research, accepted with 77.2% in favour.