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Sound protection: Tempo 30 in Swiss settlements

In the future, Tempo 30 will be applicable in Swiss settlement areas – also on the main roads. This is what the association of cities, to which 129 cities and municipalities belong, demands this in a new position paper, writes the “NZZ am Sonntag”. He wants to abolish the case-by-case assessment that a municipality must carry out today if it wants to lower the maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour on a main traffic axis.

“The paradigm shift is necessary because more and more people live and work along the transport axes,” says Mayor of Frauenfeld, Anders Stokholm (FDP). The noise emanating from the busy streets is harmful to the health of the population. In addition, it hinders development in urban areas, because many projects are blocked due to noise concerns. TCS and the trade association are against.

Explosive decision in the asylum system – shortly before change

Switzerland had pledged to take in 1,820 of these resettled refugees from the UN refugee agency UNHCR for the years 2022 and 2023. But now FDP Federal Councilor Karin Keller-Sutter’s Justice Ministry is temporarily suspending admissions, as the “NZZ am Sonntag ” writes.

The reason: the asylum system has come to a standstill because of the refugees from Ukraine and asylum seekers from other countries. The decision comes at an explosive moment: Karin Keller-Sutter will soon hand over the Ministry of Justice to her successor, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider. The SP federal councilor will probably not like the decision.

Swiss technology to help citizens in Ukraine

According to the SonntagsBlick, Swiss technology is being used in attacks on civilians and energy supply in Ukraine. A research team from the British think tank Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) has examined the remains of Russia’s high-tech Kh-101 missiles and found microprocessors from Geneva-based company STMicroelectronics. The Geneva company did not respond to questions from the newspaper. The federal government, on the other hand, took a stand. Antje Baertschi, spokeswoman for the State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (Seco), says:

The clarifications so far have shown that the components are bulk industrial goods which were not subject to trade restrictions until the start of the war in February.

Pension reform: The young benefit, the old do not

Young people from low-wage industries are the only ones who would greatly benefit from the pension reforms approved by the Council of States this week. A young saleswoman with an average annual wage of 40,000 francs would receive a monthly pension that is 364 francs higher, according to an analysis by the “SonntagsZeitung”. The generation of today’s 50 to 60-year-old mothers, who have not worked or only worked part-time for a long time because of the children, are getting off badly.

These mothers also had to make a decision with the AHV. The supporters had promised that they would then be well off with the reform of the pension fund. But according to the decision of the Council of States, they can now only receive a little more pension – many are even threatened with a pension cut.

Children’s hospitals at the attack because of “Alain Berset’s decision”

RS virus, flu and financial problems are shutting down children’s hospitals. Responsible for this are the interventions of Federal Councilor Alain Berset in 2014 and 2018 in the Tarmed physician tariff, says Manfred Manser, president of the University Children’s Hospital in Basel, in comparison with “SonntagsBlick”. The result: a quarter of the costs in the outpatient clinic are not reimbursed.

The six large children’s hospitals in St. Gallen, Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lausanne and Geneva together make a deficit of 60 million francs annually in the outpatient sector. Foundations, donors and supporting cantons must close the gaps. That is why they have been pressuring Bern since 2018. In 2020, Parliament passed a motion to fund children’s hospitals, calling on Alain Berset to take action against the million-dollar gap. The Minister of Health had until last September to implement the motion, but so far that has not happened.

A new rate system should help

Lukas Engelberger, chairman of the Health Directors Conference (GDK) advocates the introduction of the new Tardoc rate system. Because of the previous Tarmed system, children’s hospitals are at the limit and underfunded, he said in the “SonntagsBlick”. Tarmed is obsolete. “The rates do not sufficiently take into account the fact that the treatment of children is significantly more complex than that of adults,” Engelberger said in an interview. “The new Tardoc rate system could greatly improve the situation in children’s hospitals. However, its implementation has been delayed because the collective labor agreement partners have not agreed on a common solution.”

Ukraine wants obsolete Swiss army vehicles

Ukrainian soldiers are interested in former Swiss army vehicles. The Mercedes vans, which are offered for sale on an online platform, are intended to transport people and equipment in Ukraine. The soldiers are now collecting donations via social media for the purchase of the trucks, the “SonntagsZeitung” writes.

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According to the State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (Seco), the military can buy the vehicles: “The transporters are not considered as armaments, nor as dual-use goods, nor as goods for military and technological reinforcement or for the development of the defense and security sector “. , Fabian Maienfisch is quoted from Seco.

Switzerland mediates between Serbia and Kosovo

Switzerland is discreetly mediating behind the scenes between Serbia and Kosovo and trying to prevent the conflict from escalating further, writes the “NZZ am Sonntag”. In mid-November, the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) received representatives from both countries in Switzerland. “Such a meeting took place a week after the Serbs withdrew from Kosovo institutions,” confirms EDA spokeswoman Elisa Raggi. For reasons of confidentiality, the FDFA would not say exactly where the conversations took place. As the EDA continues, this meeting was not an isolated case. Since 2015, Switzerland supports the European Union, which leads the standardization dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, with its own complementary instruments.

Mader’s eviction from SRK is under investigation

According to research by the “SonntagsZeitung”, the Audit Committee (GPK) of the Swiss Red Cross (SRK) is investigating the events that led to the resignation of director Markus Mader. The scandal was preceded by an internal wrangling over the alignment. The commission is headed by Gion Claudio Candinas, Vice President of Graubünden SRK.

When asked, the lawyer writes: “We will investigate the circumstances that led to the termination of the employment relationship and communicate the findings to the addressee.” SRK President Barbara Schmid-Federer welcomes “an objective and thorough investigation by the GPK”.

Half of all IV pensions today are psychological

Burnout and depression are on the rise and absenteeism due to psychological problems has reached a record high. If you are looking for a place with a psychiatrist or a psychologist, you have to be patient. Experts estimate that waiting times for psychotherapy for adults can currently be one to two months. Half of all IV pensions are now psychological, writes the SonntagsZeitung.

Their share of IV causes has risen steadily from 27 percent in 1995 to 50 percent in 2021. Congenital defects, accidents, diseases of bones and musculoskeletal system or other diseases play a much smaller role today. The share of mentally conditioned new retirees has grown considerably, especially among the very youngest. The number of 18- to 24-year-old IV retirees for psychological reasons has tripled since 2000.

SVP wants to strengthen the magic formula – “bitter” for the Greens

The SVP supports SP federal councilor Alain Berset in next year’s general elections. “If the SP remains the second or third strongest party in terms of voter shares and nominates Berset and Baume-Schneider for re-election, we will support both,” said SVP party leader Thomas Aeschi in the “SonntagsZeitung”. “We adhere to the proven concordance.”

Following this logic, the three parties with the most votes – currently SVP, SP and FDP – each have two seats in the government. The fact that attempts are now being made to consolidate this magic formula is arousing criticism, especially from the Greens. “The parties of the Federal Council are reinforcing the fait accompli they have created. It is bitter for us,” says Green National Councilor Marionna Schlatter. It will be an uphill battle to break the power cartel and win a seat in the Bundesrat. (sda)