Campaigners spent CHF14m on Swiss initiative votes

Political campaigners have spent around CHF13.8 million trying to influence voter opinion ahead of the November 24 referendums, according to the Swiss Federal Audit Office. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Supporters of an expanded motorway network have spared no expense, reporting the largest budget at CHF4.1 million. Opponents of the project, led by the Association transports et environnement (ATE), spent CHF2.74 million, auditors reported on Friday. Campaigns for the other three issues required considerably less money. Supporters of the uniform financing of health care (EFAS) announced expenditure of CHF1.5 million. Opponents spent just CHF550,000. Translated from French by DeepL/mga How we work This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools such as DeepL to translate it into English.