National Council committee wants more money for agriculture
Published: Thursday, Nov 23rd 2023, 17:30
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Additional funds for agriculture, financed with cuts in asylum and regional policy: this is the result after several weeks of discussions in the National Council's Finance Committee (FK-N). There was some back and forth because of the debt brake.
Shortly before the end of the FK-N's budget deliberations, there was still a structural deficit of 75.4 million francs, as the parliamentary services announced on Thursday. As this would not have met the requirements of the debt brake, the committee decided to revert to some of the decisions it had already made and save CHF 85 million.
According to the press release, the bottom line is that the 2024 budget now shows a slight structural surplus of CHF 9.6 million. In the overall vote, the FK-N approved this version of the budget by 11 votes to 1 with 13 abstentions, which could indicate an animated debate in December.
Numerous changes have been made to the Federal Council's proposal. In short, agriculture is to receive almost CHF 70 million more, to the detriment of social assistance for asylum seekers, temporarily admitted persons and refugees (minus CHF 30 million) and regional development (minus CHF 25 million).
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