The Swiss parliament is considering legislation seeking to facilitate naturalisation of the third immigrant generation. The proposed changes do not include an automatic ius soli. Instead, instead socialisation conditions apply, an age condition (linked to military service) and a permanent residence permit. 

Opponents of reform criticise this “centralisation” of the citizenship law, which under a very general federal framework is mainly a cantonal affair with leeway even for municipalities, which are the formal loci of citizenship in Switzerland. The reform also needs to be approved by referendum.

Read more at SRF (in German), and consult our country profile pages for detailed information on the current and past citizenship legislation in Switzerland