Should military spending be cut in half, with one-third of the savings used for international peace efforts?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative proposed reducing military and national-defence expenditure within ten years to half of its 1987 level. One-third of the money saved would be used for additional international peace efforts. The government would also support the restructuring of businesses and public organisations affected by the defence cuts and create a fund to help establish replacement jobs. Supporters argued that the end of the Cold War made major military savings possible and that part of the money could be used more productively. Opponents argued that the cuts would excessively weaken national defence and impose rigid spending rules regardless of future security conditions. Swiss voters rejected the initiative.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/471.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=471
Vote date: 2000-11-26
Original Swissvotes English title: «Umverteilungsinitiative»
Original German title: «Umverteilungsinitiative»
Swissvotes short-description title: Nein zu 'Sparen beim Militär' – Ausgaben werden nicht halbiert
Original French title: «Initiative en faveur d'une redistribution des dépenses»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/11396
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20001126.prop_oui_471_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20001126.prop_oui_471_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=471