page_title: Switzerland–European Union relations
section_title: Chronology of the Swiss votes
hierarchical_section_title: Switzerland–European Union relations / Chronology of the Swiss votes
caption_attribution_description: Suomi: Sveitsin kansanäänestys Euroopan talousalueen jäsenyydestä, 1992. Tulos Kantoneittain English: Swiss European Economic Area membership referendum, 1992. Result by Cantons.
context_page_description: Switzerland is not a member state of the European Union. It is associated with the Union through a series of bilateral treaties in which Switzerland has adopted various provisions of European Union law in order to participate in the Union's single market, without joining as a member state. All but one of Switzerland's neighbouring countries are EU member states.
context_section_description: Chronology of Swiss votes about the European Union:
  3 December 1972: free trade agreement with the European Communities is approved by 72.5% of voters
  6 December 1992: joining the European Economic Area is rejected by 50.3% of voters. This vote strongly highlighted the cultural divide between the German- and the French-speaking cantons, the Röstigraben. The only German-speaking cantons voting for the EEA were Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, which border on France and Germany.
  8 June 1997: the federal popular initiative "negotiations concerning EU membership: let the people decide!" on requiring the approval of a referendum and the Cantons to launch accession negotiations with the EU (« Négociations d'adhésion à l'UE : que le peuple décide ! ») is rejected by 74.1% of voters.
  21 May 2000: the Bilateral agreements with the EU are accepted by 67.2% of voters.
  4 March 2001: the federal popular initiative "yes to Europe!" (« Oui à l'Europe ! ») on opening accession negotiations with the EU is rejected by 76.8% of voters.
  5 June 2005: the Schengen Agreement and the Dublin Regulation are approved by 54.6% of voters.
  25 September 2005: the extension of the free movement of persons to the ten new members of the European Union is accepted by 56.0% of voters.
  26 November 2006: a cohesion contribution of one billion for the ten new member states of the European Union (Eastern Europe Cooperation Act) is approved by 53.4% of voters.
  8 February 2009: the extension of the free movement of persons to new EU members Bulgaria and Romania is approved by 59.61% of voters.
  17 May 2009: introduction of biometric passports, as required by the Schengen acquis, is approved by 50.15% of voters.
  17 June 2012: the federal popular initiative "international agreements: let the people speak!" (« Accords internationaux : la parole au peuple ! ») on requiring all international treaties to be approved in a referendum launched by the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland is rejected by 75.3% of voters.
  9 February 2014: the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration", which would limit the free movement of people from EU member states, is accepted by 50.3% of voters.
  Among these twelve votes, three are against further integration with the EU or for reversing integration with the EU (6 December 1992, 4 March 2001 and 9 February 2014); the other nine are votes in favour of either deepening or maintaining integration between Switzerland and the European Union.
caption: Swiss European Economic Area referendum of 1992 results by Cantons[22]   Yes-votes   No-votes
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