Topic

The topic of the Citizens' Assembly was determined by the Swiss resident population. In April 2024, 22,000 people from all over Switzerland were invited by letter to take part in the Citizens' Assembly. Each person invited had the opportunity to select one of five topics to choose from.

The pre-selection of the eleven topics was made by the project team. The suitability of the topic for a citizens' assembly was taken into account, as were surveys on the concerns of the Swiss population (e.g. CH Worry Barometer). In a next step, all political parties were consulted and were able to indicate their top five priorities, which were then presented to the population. Over 40% of respondents would like the issue of rising healthcare costs to be addressed by the Citizens' Assembly - ahead of energy supply, neutrality policy, financing of pension provision and European policy.