Karin Keller-Sutter: “I would like it if the people voted again on the debt brake”

Published on November 1, 2024 at 5:12 p.m. / Modified on November 1, 2024 at 5:38 p.m.

As we begin the interview, Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter (PLR) tells us: “The former radical federal councilor Kaspar Villiger told me recently: as head of the Military Department, I had half of Switzerland against me; as head of the Finance Department, all of Switzerland.” The stage is set. With the budgetary restriction program, the big money maker and the Federal Council are facing numerous headwinds, coming from the left, the right and the cantons.

Le Temps: The population is hit by new tax increases (such as VAT for AVS), and you want to increase taxes on capital withdrawals from the 2nd and 3rd pillars of old age provision. Why punish those who save for their old age?