Media Council of States committee does not want a counter-proposal to the SRG initiative
The radio and TV fee for households and companies is not to fall any further. The responsible Council of States committee clearly rejected the counter-proposal to the SRG halving initiative outlined by the National Council's sister committee - by 10 votes to 2.
18.02.2025, 11:01
18.02.2025, 11:15
SDA
In the opinion of the Council of States' Committee for Transport and Telecommunications (KVF-S), the Federal Council's proposal to reduce media fees for households and companies by ordinance already sufficiently addresses the concerns of the popular initiative. This was announced by the parliamentary services on Tuesday.
The Council of States committee believes that further measures would unnecessarily reduce media diversity and, in particular, the four-language and regionally anchored offering. The majority of the KVF-S also pointed out in the press release that the key points of its sister committee's counter-proposal were formulated too vaguely and would therefore lead to ambiguities in the drafting of an amendment to the law.
The ball is now back in the National Council's court. In mid-January, it voted 13 to 12 in favor of an indirect counter-proposal to the SRG halving initiative. If it sticks to this decision, the upper chamber will decide on it next. If it backs down, the initiative will in all likelihood be put to the vote without a counter-proposal.
