Eleven referendums were held in

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during 2001. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp1942–1943 The first three were held on 4 March on

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on joining the

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, lowering medicine prices and lowering the urban speed limit to 30 km/h in most places. All three were rejected by voters.Nohlen & Stöver, p1942 The next three referendums were held on 10 June on two separate amendments to the federal law on the

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and on a federal resolution on abolishing the requirement for a permit to establish a

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, all of which were approved. The final five referendums were held on 2 December on federal resolution on expenditure, which was approved, and four

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s, all of which were rejected. The

s were "for an assured Aged and Bereaved insurance - tax on energy instead of work," "for an authentic security policy and a Switzerland without army," "Solidarity creates security: for a voluntary civilian peace service" and "for a

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