Council of States wants CHF 15 million for the 2025 European Football Championships
Published: Thursday, Mar 14th 2024, 09:50
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The Council of States wants to support next year's European Women's Football Championships with CHF 15 million. This is almost four times the amount proposed by the Federal Council.
On Thursday, the small chamber adopted a corresponding motion from its Committee for Science, Education and Culture (WBK-S) by 39 votes to 0 with 3 abstentions. The motion will now go to the National Council.
In January, the Federal Council decided to support the European Championships with only four million francs. One of the reasons it gave for this was the Confederation's strained financial situation.
The Federal Council's decision caused consternation among those affected. Critics argued that the amount was just one twentieth of the CHF 80 million that the Confederation had spent on the 2008 European Men's Football Championship in Switzerland and Austria.
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