2023-06-07 10:31:03
The summer session in the National Council and Council of States begins on Tuesday afternoon. Major topics during the two-week session include these:
After the forced takeover of Credit Suisse by competitor UBS, Parliament is demanding a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (PUK). The offices of both councils have also requested one. A PUK can question people as witnesses and view the minutes and documents of Federal Council meetings.
Last year, the people voted to raise the retirement age for women, with a narrow yes. Now the next reform is already on the table, namely the pension initiative of the Young Liberals. This wants to link the retirement age to life expectancy and thus gradually increase it. Initially, it should rise to 66 years, then increase by 0.8 months per month of additional life expectancy.
The Federal Council wants to invest in the transport infrastructure – this should reduce traffic jams, noise and exhaust fumes. He is applying for a payment framework of around CHF 8.7 billion for the years 2024 to 2027 for the operation, maintenance and expansion of the national roads. There are also expansion projects worth almost CHF 4.4 billion. Left-Green calls for a revision of the template, while the conservatives want to increase the loans by a further 911 million in order to bring forward two expansion projects in western Switzerland.
In September 2020, a parliamentary initiative to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 was adopted. Now, however, the template is about to end. The State Political Committee of the National Council proposes that the entire Council copy the bill.
The people and the estates have accepted the burqa initiative – now it is up to the appropriate laws to be drawn up. According to the Federal Council’s proposal, violating the ban on covering your face will be punished with up to a thousand francs – exceptions are planned.
The National Council and the Council of States continue to disagree on how the population should benefit from higher health insurance premium reductions in the future. The majority of the competent Council of States commission wants minimum requirements for the cantons for contributions to the premium reduction – but lower than the Federal Council and National Council. The bill is an indirect counter-proposal to the premium relief initiative launched by the SP. The center party’s cost control initiative will also be a topic of the special session.
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