The Council of States should fix it

Press promotion The publishers' reservations about the media article were not heard in the National Council. The Swiss Press Association (CHP) is dismayed that the National Council voted in favor of a media article in the Federal Constitution. CHP Managing Director Daniel Kaczynski rejected the tactics of the supporters to blur the clear lines in the matter. During the council discussion, members of the SP and the Greens had presented the CHP's proposal for a foundation for press promotion as a concession by the publishers. There are no differences of opinion on this point throughout the association. They are less opposed to the article itself than to the idea behind it: that politicians want to use subsidies to gain influence over publishers. Kaczynski does not believe that this can still be corrected at the legislative level, as the influence of parliamentarians is even stronger there. The CHP is now pinning its hopes on the Council of States.
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