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Many want new jet vote

Tuesday, 23 September 2025 06:30

Two out of three Swiss want another say on buying new fighter jets from the United States.

A new poll shows 63 percent think the 2020 vote on the purchase  should be repeated, since the promised CHF 6bn price tag has ballooned. 

Support for a redo is strongest in French-speaking Switzerland, where three-quarters back the idea, compared to just under 60 percent in German-speaking regions. 

The 2020 ballot passed by the narrowest of margins, 50.1 percent, so the issue has never really gone away. 

Now people are worried about the exploding cost and the thought of being reliant on the United States when there are perfectly acceptable European planes available.

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