Social security takes centre stage in Swiss parliamentary debates

The abolition of children’s pensions, the export of extraordinary invalidity pensions and the right to family reunification: parliamentarians will be debating a number of subjects that closely affect the Swiss Abroad during the summer session, which takes place in Bern from May 27 to June 14. Check out our selection of newsletters. Subscribe here. The political battle to finance the 13th pension payment, which was approved in a referendum on March 3, is in full swing. The right-wing Swiss People’s Party is determined to limit spending on the pension system in other areas. The country’s largest party is specifically targeting pensions paid to pensioners (mainly men) with young children or children in education living abroad. During the summer session, the House of Representatives will vote on two motions put forward by People’s Party parliamentarian Andreas Glarner, which propose denouncing and renegotiating social security agreements with several countries to exclude the payment of ...