2014 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Doris Leuthard
• *Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
• *Ueli Maurer
• *Didier Burkhalter
• *Johann Schneider-Ammann
• *Simonetta Sommaruga
• *Alain Berset

  Events

January

• January 20 - World leaders are meeting in Davos for the World Economic Forum.

  February

• February 9 - 50.3% of voters vote in favor of the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration", to re-introduce quotas of immigrants for foreigners.

  April

• April 6 - Holcim agrees to a merger that would create a firm with a market value of $55 billion with LaFarge of France.

  May

• May 18 - Voters in Switzerland resoundingly reject a proposed law change that would have given that country the world's highest minimum wage.

  August

• August 13 - Three train cars derail and 11 people are injured after a landslide hits a mountain train in the Swiss Alps.

  November

• November 13 - A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor in Switzerland confirms existence of open criminal investigations regarding several people who may have taken part in manipulation of the currency exchange markets; such investigations are also underway in the United States and Britain.
• November 16 - At least four people are killed in mudslides in southern Switzerland and northern Italy after days of heavy rain.
• November 30 - 2014 Swiss referendums
• * Voters in Switzerland reject the proposal to reduce immigration from about 80,000 to 16,000 people a year.
• * By a similar margin Swiss voters rejected a monetary-policy initiative that would have required the central bank to buy gold.