Switzerland: rejection of total liberalisation of post

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Switzerland: rejection of total liberalisation of postal market

Important victory for the Syndicat de la Communication

Under the pressure of the union's initiative “For a Strong Post” that will be submitted soon, the Commission on Transport and Telecommunication of the National Council (CTT-N) has renounced to the total liberalisation of the postal market. By doing so, the Commission has gone along with the Syndicat’s arguments, i.e. that a quality universal postal service can only be maintained through a reserved area.

This is an important middle-term victory for the Syndicat de la Communication. Indeed, the plenary of the National Council still has to confirm the vote of the Commission.

Secondly, other points of the future postal law still need to be improved. These include the fact that postal agencies will be put on the same level as postal offices, which will reinforce the dismantling of the postal network; as well as the fact that Postfinance (the Postbank) should not be privatised.