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Parliament accepts state aid for the steel sector
The project plans to exempt steel companies of strategic importance from part of the network use taxes for 4 years.
Published today at 6:41 p.m.
State support for the Swiss steel industry has been debated in recent months. Employees of Stahl Gerlafingen demonstrated on October 21, 2024 following a wave of layoffs.
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Steel companies of strategic importance will benefit from state aid. The Council of States accepted on Monday, by 25 votes to 17, the urgent law passed a week ago by the National.
The UDC and the PLR mainly refused the project. The Center was very divided. All French-speaking people said yes to the support. “The conditions for this aid are completely redefined and clearly tightened,” declared Beat Rieder (Center/VS) for the committee.
The project is intended for foundries whose annual production exceeds 20,000 tonnes of metal, mainly from recycled materials. It plans to exempt them for 4 years from part of the taxes for the use of the network.
The modified project returns to the National Council which will decide on Tuesday. State support for the Swiss steel industry has been debated in recent months. The Stahl Gerlafingen (SO) and Swiss Steel sites in Emmenbrücke (LU) have accumulated economic difficulties.
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