Courier service The Federal Council's plans for Swiss Post are not at all well received
The Federal Council's plans for the future of Swiss Post are highly controversial. In particular, the proposals to allow more delays in the delivery of letters, parcels and newspapers and to introduce stricter rules for home delivery are falling through.
06.08.2025, 09:30
SDA
In future, according to the partial revision, postal deliveries should be made to all settlements that are inhabited all year round instead of all houses that are inhabited all year round, as is the case today. The Swiss Working Group for Mountain Regions, the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions, the Swiss Association of Municipalities, the Swiss Farmers' Association and the Swiss Alpine Farmers' Association, among others, are clearly opposed to this. However, the mountain cantons of Uri and Valais also complain that the savings are primarily at the expense of peripheral regions.
The proposal that subscribed newspapers in areas without early delivery should only be delivered by 12.30 p.m. in 90 percent of cases was completely rejected in the consultation process. Previously, the regulation applied to 97 percent of cases.
The cantons, the Association of Municipalities, the Swiss Association for Mountain Regions, Economiesuisse and the Federation of Swiss Trade Unions all agree: if newspapers are delivered after this time, they become even less attractive. In contrast to this, Parliament had only just approved a seven-year increase in indirect press subsidies in the March session, including explicit new subsidies for early delivery.
