On the 25 September 2022 the Swiss electorate will vote on the Factory Farming Initiative.
Current situation
Switzerland's legislation on the protection of animals is amongst the strictest in the world. The dignity and welfare of animals are protected, regardless of how many animals are kept in one place. The Confederation also encourages forms of agricultural production that are particularly close to nature, environmentally friendly and animal-friendly. This is required under the Constitution. More and more farm animals live in specially animal-friendly pens and have regular access to the outdoors.
The proposal
The initiative wants to make protecting the dignity of farm animals such as cattle, chickens or pigs a constitutional requirement. It also aims to ban factory farming because it systematically harms the welfare of animals. The federal government would have to set stricter minimum requirements for animal-friendly housing and care, access to the outdoors, slaughtering practices and the maximum group size per pen. These requirements would have to meet the Bio Suisse standards for 2018 as a minimum, and all farms would have to comply with the new rules in their animal husbandry. The requirements would also apply to the import of animals and animal products as well as foods with ingredients of animal origin. This would be in breach of agreements with important trading partners. It would result in higher investment and operating costs, costly inspections of foreign farms and an increase in the price of food of animal origin.
The market
This market resolves YES if the initiative is accepted. The initiative needs >50% of the votes. A majority of states is not needed, because there is no change to the constitution
Source: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/20220925/factory-farming-initiative.html.
Aug 31, 2:39pm:
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@o Not 100% final yet, but impossible to get a yes at this point.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/resultate-abstimmung_die-massentierhaltung-wird-in-der-schweiz-wohl-nicht-verboten/47920720
35.2% yes, Zurich is still missing.
And almost all cantons voted no, except for Basel-Stadt (and maybe Zurich). <-- It looks like I made a mistake in the description; a majority of states would have actually been needed for this to pass. Apologies.
@Accountdeletionrequested I interpret question's text as resolving Yes, as it relates to it passing the voting stage.
@Accountdeletionrequested What do you mean by "blocked"?
Anyway, @o is right: this market will resolve on the evening of Sept 25, after the vote.