After two failed attempts in 2004 and 2017, Bern should therefore collect enough votes to "stabilize" the Swiss old-age insurance system, which is under enormous pressure as life expectancy increases and the giant generation of baby boomers reached the age of leaving working life.
The most controversial part of the reform requires that, like men, women work until they are 65, before they can claim a full pension.
A year older than now.
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On the other hand, supporters of a proposal to ban intensive farming, which would have essentially eradicated factory farms in a country that is still very rural, failed according to calculations by gfs.bern published as soon as the polls closed. at noon (10:00 GMT).
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