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Media reports
- Bürgerrat. de (April, 15th 2025): Swiss citizens' assembly wants sugar tax
Media documents
Press release: Citizens' Assembly favors introduction of federal health law (March 30, 2025)
Press release: Citizens' Assembly discusses solutions to rising health costs (November 15, 2024)
Composition of the Citizens' Assembly (September 25, 2024) (PDF, 1 MB)
Press release: Citizens' Assembly 2025 discusses rising healthcare costs (June 25, 2024)
Press release: "Citizens' Assembly 2025": research into new forms of democracy April 16, 2024)
News
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Review of the closing event
On May 20, 2025, the Citizens' Assembly came to an end with a dignified and inspiring closing event at the Kornhausforum in Bern. Over 100 invited guests from politics, science, and administration were present as participants of the Citizens' Assembly presented their findings.
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Citizens' Assembly presents six reform proposals on health promotion and prevention
At a media conference, the Citizens' Assembly presented six proposals for reform in the areas of health promotion and prevention, which were negotiated in a five-month process involving 100 randomly selected residents. They reflect the reforms that the population considers particularly urgent in order to promote health and reduce healthcare costs in the long term.
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Citizens' Assembly favors introduction of federal health law
The Citizens' Assembly concluded its work this weekend after a final intensive debate on proposed reforms to health promotion and prevention. The participants, a randomly selected cross-section of the Swiss population, discussed ten specific measures and adopted six of them.