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Money intended for the EU should only be paid if the EU does not take discriminatory measures against Switzerland.
Switzerland has voluntarily paid the so-called cohesion billions over the last ten years of the EU. He was now in the Council of States to question, under which conditions the 1.3 billion francs must be spoken for another ten years.
On this occasion, several parliamentarians pointed out the prevailing injustice, including the indefinite equivalence of Swiss stock exchanges.
Most were apparently in agreement that the lack of equivalence in the stock market was discriminatory. As a result, a request from the FDP Board of Governors Ruedi Noser to the Council has been very well received: payment should only be made on the condition that the EU does not take discriminatory measures.
Many can be included in this general formulation. Filippo Lombardi (CVP / TI) has clearly warned against illusions. Because with this condition, you do not buy stock exchange equivalence.
This is also the central point, which has itself been criticized by the authors of the Noser proposal: the stock exchange equivalence must be negotiated separately and must not be smuggled over cohesion billiards. Pirmin Bischoff (CVP / SO), however, stressed that the proposed conditions do not concern the link, but something fundamental and self-evident: "equity".
Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis recalled that billions of cohesion are an investment and that cooperation with the EU is essential. However, the Federal Council had already declared a year ago that there was discrimination. This has not changed. "The Noser application is in accordance with the wishes of the Federal Council," he said. But we must also take into account the weather conditions. Therefore, he refuses to anchor the condition in the federal decree.
The Council of States adopted Ruedi Noser's proposal by 38 votes to 1, with 2 abstentions. Now the case continues until the National Council.
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