Le 8 March 2026, Switzerland is voting not just on cash, but on the real freedom of its citizens to have their own currency. Yet the party that claims to represent the “responsible centre” of our country - the Centre - is choosing to side resolutely with the technocrats and the banks rather than with the people.
An above-ground position
The Centre recommends rejection the «Cash = Freedom» initiative. Why? Because the initiative explicitly calls for “coins and notes” to be enshrined in the Constitution - a tangible guarantee against the gradual disappearance of cash.
But Le Centre prefers to support a vague counter-proposal, leaving the term “cash” or “means of payment” to define what money is in the future. This is a renunciation of clarity, an abdication in the face of the risk of programmable digital currency.
To put it plainly: the party that presents itself as the guarantor of “cohesion” and “social responsibility” now prefers control to freedom.
An attack on fundamental rights
The Centre adopts an anti-freedom stance when it comes to currency:
- by refusing to enshrine in the Constitution that cash is inalienable, available and unconditional.
- by paving the way, through its support for the counter-project, for a permanently supervised, traceable and conditional currency.
- by abandoning the principle that you - sovereign citizen - must decide what happens to your money, and by placing this power in the hands of non-democratically mandated entities.
This position does not reflect a concern for modernity. It is a renunciation. The Centre is abandoning the terrain of direct democracy and Swiss monetary sovereignty - to align itself with the technocratic logic that wants to digitise, measure and control everything.
Why this line is worrying
1. Semantics: “cash” is the Trojan horse
Behind an elegant word lies a concept that encompasses not only coins and banknotes, but also deposits, digital currencies and non-physical instruments. The party prefers this ambiguity to the clear language of the initiative, which refers explicitly to “coins and notes”.
2. Freedom: cash is a guarantee of untraceability
By promoting the gradual disappearance of cash, Le Centre accepts that every transaction becomes a signal, an exploitable piece of data, a means of economic and social conditioning.
3. Sovereignty: the citizen hands over the reins
By not defending a robust constitutional formulation, Le Centre is allowing the Swiss National Bank or other bodies to redefine what “cash” is - without going through the democratic process.
Our appeal
If you believe that Switzerland deserves better than technocratic shortcuts, if you believe that economic freedom is a pillar of our democratic model : vote YES.
Let's enshrine in the Constitution that cash is freedom, and not a concept that can be manipulated. Let's demand that the parties - including Le Centre - defend citizens' sovereignty before the interests of banks and control systems.
8 March: don't let language rob you of your freedom.
Reject the silent abandonment of cash.
Reject the posture of “moderates” who give their consent to dispossession without a word.
Vote YES to the popular initiative «Cash is Freedom».
