Ten referendums were held in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in 1990. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp1932–1933 The first six were held on 1 April on four

popular initiative In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a pu ...

s, a federal resolution on

viticulture Viticulture (from the Latin word for ''vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ran ...

and an amendment to the federal law on the organisation of the federal judiciary. The four

s were all related to roadbuilding; "Stop the concrete – for a limitation on road making," "for an

autobahn The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...

-free countryside between

Murten Murten (German language, German) or Morat (French language, French, ; frp, Morât ) is a bilingual Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and a city in the See (district of Fribourg), See district of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fr ...

and

Yverdon Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , was ...

," "for an autobahn-free Knonauer Amt," and "for a free

Aar AAR or Aar may refer to: Geography * Aar, a river in Switzerland, tributary of the Rhine *Aar (Lahn), a tributary of Lahn river in Germany, descending from the Taunus mountains * Aar (Dill), a tributary of Dill river in Germany, also in the bas ...

elandschaft between

Biel , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) B ...

and

Solothurn Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the Capital (political), capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the n ...

Zuchwil Zuchwil is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Zuchwil is first mentioned in 1052 as ''Zuchwile''. Geography Zuchwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.8% is used for agricultur ...

." All six were rejected by voters. The last four were held on 23 September on two

s to phase out

nuclear power Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced b ...

and to stop the construction of any new nuclear power plants, as well as on a federal resolution on the energy article in the

Swiss Federal Constitution The Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (SR 10; german: Bundesverfassung der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft (BV); french: Constitution fédérale de la Confédération suisse (Cst.); it, Costituzione federale della Confederaz ...

and an amendment to the federal law on road traffic. Whilst the nuclear power phase-out was rejected, the other three proposals were approved.Nohlen & Stöver, p1933

Results

April: Popular initiative to limit roadbuilding

April: Popular initiative for an autobahn-free countryside between Murten and Yverdon

April: Popular initiative for an autobahn-free Kononauer Amt

April: Popular initiative for a free Aarelandschaft between Biel and Solothorn/Zuchwil

April: Federal resolution on viticulture

April: Amendment to the federal law on the judiciary

September: Popular initiative on phasing out nuclear power

September: Popular initiative on stopping the construction of nuclear power plants

September: Energy article in the federal constitution

September: Amendment to the federal road traffic law

References

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