SVP Radar: 9 Votes Against Its Own People – With Evidence
You earn less than CHF 8,000 per month? Then the SVP is making policy against you. Not by accident. Systematically. Here are 9 documented proofs.
The SVP calls itself the "Swiss People's Party." The voting record tells a different story. Premium relief? NO. Tenant protection? NO. Individual taxation? NO. Higher deductible? YES. Higher VAT? YES. Black on white.
The Facade: Nationalism as a Business Model
Christoph Blocher shaped the SVP into a major party. Blocher is a billionaire. Flies by private jet. Resides in Herrliberg on Lake Zurich. The formula he perfected is simple: nationalism as facade. Economic liberalism at the core. Xenophobia as distraction.
And the ordinary citizen pays the bill – told that the problem is foreigners. Not the insurance lobby. Not pharma. Not the real estate conglomerates. Foreigners.
The SVP's party financing is the most opaque of all major parties. Who pays for the posters? Who finances the campaigns? The answer: none of your business. Welcome to the "people's party" that won't even tell the people who funds it.
Blocher flies by private jet to Herrliberg. Rösti drives in the Federal Council car to Bern. And Renate, 63, diabetic from Winterthur, calculates whether she can still afford the doctor's visit in March.
Voting record, Federal Assembly
The Voting Record: Black on White
No opinion. No interpretation. Just the record. What the SVP did – and what it means for you:
No capping of premiums at 10% of income
Lower taxes for dual-income couples
Landlords could terminate leases more easily
Landlords could claim personal use more quickly
3 million insured pay more, chronically ill hit hardest
Cap immigration – at the expense of prosperity
SVP wanted to block the energy transition – the people clearly said YES
Redistribution at the expense of employees
Higher prices for everyone – hits low earners hardest
Against premium relief. Against tenant protection. Against individual taxation. For higher deductibles. For higher VAT. For fewer skilled workers. Against everything that helps lower and middle incomes. For everything that protects lobbies and billionaires.
Estimate for a household with income under CHF 8,000/month.
| Proposal | SVP | SP | Centre | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prämienentlastung | NEIN | JA | NEIN | NEIN |
| Individualbesteuerung | NEIN | JA | JA | JA |
| Mietrecht (Vermieter) | JA | NEIN | JA | JA |
| Stromgesetz | NEIN | JA | JA | JA |
| Franchise erhöhen | JA | NEIN | JA | JA |
SVP in red = position against interests of average earners.
Premiums & Deductible: Renate Pays the SVP's Bill
Health insurance premiums rise by 4.4% in 2026 to an average of CHF 393.30 per month. And the SVP? Pushing to raise the minimum deductible from CHF 300 to CHF 400.
44% of insured people – nearly 3 million – have the minimum deductible. Chronically ill, low earners, families. Exactly the people who cannot afford a higher deductible.
In Switzerland, people already forgo doctor visits because they cannot afford the costs. 1.3 million people live at subsistence level.
Rent & Housing: Landlord Party Instead of People's Party
On November 24, 2024, Switzerland voted on two tenancy law proposals. Both pushed by the SVP and the real estate lobby. Both rejected by the people. The NZZ called it a "frontal attack" on tenant protection.
What the proposals wanted: make it easier for landlords to terminate leases, faster own-use claims. Who benefits? Real estate conglomerates. Who loses? Tenants. In a country where 60% of the population rents.
SVP Fact Check
3 questions – test your knowledge
1.How did the SVP vote on the premium relief initiative?
2.How many insured have the minimum deductible of CHF 300?
3.What happened with the SVP referendum against individual taxation?
Taxes & VAT: Who Really Pays
The SVP launched the referendum against individual taxation – a reform that would have primarily relieved dual-income couples and families. On March 8, 2026, the people said YES despite SVP resistance.
Simultaneously, the SVP is pushing a VAT increase for the military. VAT is the most regressive of all taxes – it hits low earners proportionally the hardest.
Skilled Workers & Migration: Sacrificing Prosperity for Posters
The 10-million initiative wants to cap immigration. Watson calls it "destroying the mechanisms of prosperity." According to the UZH job market monitor, healthcare, construction and engineering are most affected by the skilled worker shortage.
Switzerland needs skilled workers. In healthcare. In construction. In IT. In hospitality. Cutting immigration cuts prosperity.
The median salary in Switzerland is CHF 7,024. Fewer skilled workers don't push wages down – they increase the shortage.
The Beneficiaries: Who Really Wins
Higher deductible = fewer claims to pay = more profit
No price regulation, no transparency – thanks to SVP blocking
Weakened tenant protection = easier terminations = higher rents
Less skilled immigration = wage pressure remains = cheaper
VAT barely affects them. Deductible never affects them. They don't pay rent.
The SVP calls itself a "people's party." The more honest version: people's theatre. With admission fee. That you pay. Every month. With your premium bill, your deductible, your rent and your VAT.
ConvivaPlus commentary
This is not a conspiracy theory. This is the voting record. Black on white. Point by point. Nine times policy against its own people.
And if you don't like it: consultation, referendum, ballot box. The SVP is counting on you not using any of these. Prove them wrong.
What You Can Do
This is not a conspiracy theory. This is the voting record. Black on white. And if you don't like it:
The deductible increase is in consultation. Your opinion counts – now.
The SVP is counting on you being too tired. Too frustrated. Too busy with the next premium bill.
Against any proposal that affects you. Your name on a signature sheet is worth more than 1,000 comments.
Read the voting record. Not the posters. Not the headlines. The record.
Send this article. Via WhatsApp. Via email. Anyone who knows the record won't fall for the facade.
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SVP Radar – the facts
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This article is a commentary – not neutral reporting. All voting results and facts are sourced. The assessment is the editorial team's opinion. We believe: democracy lives when someone reads the protocol. Not the posters.
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The SVP voted against premium relief, against tenant protection, against individual taxation – but for higher deductibles and higher VAT. That's not coincidence. That's a pattern.
Discussion
5 voices from the community
Même en Suisse romande, l'UDC vote contre les intérêts du peuple. Merci pour cet article factuel. Le protocole de vote ne ment pas.
Bin SVP-Wähler gewesen. 20 Jahre. Hab immer gedacht es geht um die Schweiz. Dann hab ich angefangen die Abstimmungsprotokolle zu lesen statt die Plakate. Seither wähle ich anders.
Prüfe unbedingt die Prämienverbilligung – je nach Kanton und Einkommen hast du Anspruch. Mehr dazu in unserem Krankenkassen-Artikel.
Bin Secondo. Arbeite seit 15 Jahren auf dem Bau. Zahle meine Steuern. Zahle meine AHV. Und dann sagt mir die SVP ich sei das Problem? Während sie gegen meine Prämienentlastung stimmt? Das Protokoll lügt nicht.
Diabetikerin, 63. Franchise 300 weil ich keine Wahl habe. Wenn die auf 400 geht, sind das CHF 100 mehr pro Jahr die ich nicht habe. Aber Blocher hat ja seinen Privatjet. Der merkts nicht.
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Politics · Commentary · 24.03.2026