The article seems to say that it’s not a bill that goes through Parliament, more that it’s akin to secondary legislation, which can’t be subject to a petition? Meaning that the Swiss people would need to petition for a constitutional amendment rather than an optional referendum, which makes this slightly more complicated (and requires a lot more effort)

The two-round runoff system France uses is not proportional. It’s not even necessarily ensuring an MP is elected by a majority, because there are some situations where the runoff can be contested by more than two people. But it’s still a better system than a single round, since it does afford a voter some level of protection against voting against the establishment, at least in the first round

The staffers who resigned were all originally employees of the United States Digital Service, a technology unit established during President Obama’s second term in 2014. The unit was renamed and reorganized in January via executive order by Trump into the Musk-headed DOGE.