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Analysis: Digital Sovereignty and Sovereign AI Infrastructure of Switzerland

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Executive Summary

The topic has clearly evolved in Bern from a strategic fundamental question to a concrete infrastructure, security and governance issue.

The Postulate 22.4411 "Digital Sovereignty Strategy of Switzerland" is politically the cornerstone: It was passed and led to a Federal Council report.

The Motion 24.3209 "For a sovereign digital infrastructure in Switzerland in the age of artificial intelligence" goes further: It demands not only strategy, but a legal basis so that the Confederation, cantons, research and private sector can actively build, co-finance and control a sovereign digital infrastructure.

1) Current Status

A. Postulate Z'graggen 22.4411 "Digital Sovereignty Strategy of Switzerland"

  • 22.4411, Postulate, Heidi Z'graggen
  • The postulate was submitted on December 14, 2022.
  • The Federal Council recommended its adoption on February 15, 2023.
  • The Council of States adopted it on March 16, 2023.
  • The Federal Council adopted the report on Switzerland's digital sovereignty on November 26, 2025.

B. Motion Juillard 24.3209 "For a sovereign digital infrastructure in Switzerland in the age of artificial intelligence"

  • 24.3209, Motion, Charles Juillard
  • The motion was submitted on March 14, 2024.
  • It demands a legislative revision so that the Confederation, together with cantons, research institutes and private sector, can promote, co-finance, control and monitor the development of a sovereign digital infrastructure.
  • Politically, it represents a transition from strategy to concrete infrastructure policy.

C. Political Classification

  • Z'graggen stands for the strategic and conceptual framework.
  • Juillard stands for operational and institutional development.
  • The actual political point of contention today is less the objective than the instrument:
    • existing structures, coordination and risk management,
    • or active development of a sovereign Swiss infrastructure for cloud, data and AI.

2) Which National Councilors and which Councilors of States support these concerns?

Important: The following list shows reliably identifiable supporters in the political sense, i.e., council members who have themselves submitted similar or closely related initiatives.

Council of States

National Council

3) Summary in One Sentence

The Z'graggen postulate strategically anchored the topic of digital sovereignty in federal politics; the Juillard motion now attempts to transform this into a concrete Swiss digital and AI infrastructure policy with its own legal and financial capacity for action.

4) List of Similar Digital Topics / Initiatives

Very Close to the Core "Digital Sovereignty / Sovereign Infrastructure"

AI, Chips, Cloud, Critical Data, Geopolitical Dependencies

Cybersecurity, Networks, Supply Chains, Strategic Resilience

5) Political Assessment

  1. The concern has now clearly reached the mainstream of Parliament.
  2. The debate is shifting from "whether" to "how".
  3. The current lever is the Juillard/Chappuis line.
  4. This will determine whether the strategic concept of "digital sovereignty" becomes a concrete state infrastructure program with legislative revision.
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