Two out of three Swiss people want to vote again on the purchase of fighter jets for the air force, according to a representative poll published today by the information portal Infosperber. In August, the Demoscope institute asked 1,005 people in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland the following question: 'In the popular vote in 2020 on the purchase of new fighter planes, the Federal Council had guaranteed a maximum cost of CHF6 billion: do you think the vote should be repeated because of the considerable additional costs?' +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Of those polled, 63% answered yes, 31% no, and 6% did not express an opinion. No major differences were found between age groups and genders. On the other hand, the desire to return to the subject was significantly stronger in French-speaking Switzerland (76% yes) than in German-speaking Switzerland (58%). On September 27, 2020, Swiss voters had narrowly approved the purchase with just 50.1% ...
