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Corona aid for professional sport: SVP National Council criticizes

Missing ticket income

“Why should taxpayers from Eastern Switzerland feed FC Chiasso?” SVP National Councilor Roland Rino Büchel criticizes the Corona Millions for professional sport

On Tuesday, the National Council spoke CHF 115 million à fonds perdu for football and hockey clubs. The St. Gallen SVP parliamentarian Roland Rino Büchel criticizes that the cantons do not have to participate. Corresponding applications failed surprisingly clearly.

Roland Rino Büchel demands that the cantons contribute half of the A-fonds-perdu contributions for professional sport.

Image: Peter Klaunzer / KEYSTONE

The wind has turned. When the National Council discussed corona aid for the top football and hockey leagues in the spring, it was about a strict regime, including joint and several liability among the clubs for repaying the loans. This system will never work, warned parliamentarians like Roland Rino Büchel (SVP / SG) and Council of States Benedikt Würth (CVP / SG). On Tuesday the big chamber approved 115 million francs à fonds perdu for the professional clubs without much reading. This is intended to compensate for losses in ticket income.

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