A day of student demonstrations got under way in Switzerland on Wednesday, culminating in a large rally in Bern. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In Lausanne, around 150 people gathered on the university (UNIL) campus at midday. The Swiss Students' Union (UNES) organised the demonstration in the heart of the Swiss capital to oppose the planned cuts to education. At the same time, a petition with 35,000 signatures was to be submitted to the Federal Chancellery. Various actions, supported by the unions and involving students and researchers, were also planned in Zurich, Basel, Lucerne, Lausanne, Geneva and Neuchâtel. Around 150 people gathered in Lausanne and demonstrated on the university campus at around midday to voice their opposition to the budget cuts being made both by the federal government and the State of Vaud. The 2026 budget presented a week ago by the cantonal government envisages savings of around CHF20 million for the university of Lausanne.
