According to the final opinion polls published in May, 73 percent of voters are set to approve the law on 'a secure electricity supply based on renewable energies.'Less than two months ago, Switzerland became the first country ever to be condemned by an international court for not doing enough to combat climate change in a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
'Largest party opposes lawSwitzerland's largest party, the hard-right Swiss People's Party , supports the referendum, above all in the name of defending civil nuclear power, which provided 32 percent of total energy production last year.The SVP thinks renewable energy does not guarantee energy security due to its fluctuating nature.The law is backed by major nongovernmental organizations such as Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature.