Swiss Review 1/2018

Swiss Review / January 2018 / No.1 27 Federal referendums Voting proposals are determined by the Fed- eral Council at least four months before the voting date. The following proposals will be put to the vote on 4 March 2018: ■ ■ Federal decree of 16 June 2017 on the new 2021 financial regime ■ ■ Popular initiative of 11 December 2015 “Yes to abolishing radio and television fees (abolition of Billag fees)” Other voting dates in 2018: 10 June, 23 September, 25 November All information on the proposals (voting pamphlets, committees, recommendations by Parliament and the Federal Council, electronic voting, etc.) can be found at www.admin.ch/votes. Popular initiatives The following federal popular initiatives had been launched at the time of going to press (deadline for the collection of signatures in brackets): ■ ■ “Encourage organ donation - save lives” (17 April 2019) The list of pending popular initiatives can be found in German at www.bk.admin.ch > Poli- tische Rechte > Volksinitiativen > Hängige Volksinitiativen > Im Sammelstadium. Consular services anywhere, conveniently on your mobile devices fdfa.admin.ch Peru (2018)  “Bilateral Agreements between Switzerland and the EU”, 2017 edition Thispublication,availableinGerman,FrenchandItalian,providesacurrentoverviewofSwiss policyonEuropeandexplores thekeybilateral agreementsbetweenSwitzerlandand theEU. It can be ordered and downloaded free of charge: www.eda.admin.ch/europa/publika- tionen Responsible for the FDFA official communications: Simone Flubacher, Relations with the Swiss Abroad Effingerstrasse 27, 3003 Berne, Switzerland Tel. +41 800 24 7 365 or +41 58 465 33 33 www.eda.admin.ch , email: helpline@eda.admin.ch