SUNDAY MORNING: The Center is pulling the rug out from under the SVP by proposing a mechanism to control immigration within the framework of the agreement with the EU. The party proposes to make it a direct counter-project to the initiative against mass immigration of the SVP “No Switzerland for 10 million”, writes Sunday Morning. The people would decide on this before the vote on the package with the EU.
The objective is to be able to preserve the agreements with Brussels. The PLR approves the project while the Greens are skeptical. The PS, for its part, wants the guarantee of salary protection.
Electricity prices considered too high
SUNDAY VIEW: The energy sector is accused of making its record profits thanks to excessively high electricity prices. The national company responsible for the Swissgrid electricity network has recorded profits of 788 million francs since 2014, including 319 million paid to shareholders in the form of dividends, indicates the Sunday View.
Axpo and BKW, which own more than two-thirds of Swissgrid, benefited to the tune of around 200 million. The power groups received Swissgrid shares after having to cede ownership and responsibility for the network in 2013, the company explains. The Federal Electricity Commission considers the interest rate on capital in the electricity network excessive. The Federal Council plans to adapt the calculation method in order to avoid unjustified returns.
Twice as many bags mishandled by Swiss in Zurich
NZZ ON SUNDAY: The number of bags mishandled by Swiss at Zurich airport has doubled compared to the pre-Covid period. The modernization of the airport's baggage sorting facility explains this development, says the airline's chief operating officer Oliver Buchhofer in the NZZ on Sunday.
Swiss considers itself particularly concerned, because it alone assumes compensation such as hotel costs and lost luggage. “In addition to hotel and meal costs, we paid more than 10 million francs in compensation to our customers alone during the first nine months of this year,” says Buchhofer. (ATS)
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