{"id":46463,"date":"2026-04-09T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/46463\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:43:10","slug":"swiss-against-further-development-aid-cuts-survey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/46463\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss against further development aid cuts: survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2b9d6121c3a3800399f0642841ae976ec059842f-91229509.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"boxes marked 'Donated by Switzerland'\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Population against cutting development aid, ETH survey            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        The Swiss population is against further cuts in development aid funds, according to a survey conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        April 9, 2026 &#8211; 12:34\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/about-us\/swissinfo-ch-newsletter_newsletter-subscription\/42152624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+ Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of the 4,305 people surveyed would not support cuts even to redirect funds to  supporting Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Some 77% of respondents believe that public spending on development cooperation should remain unchanged or even increase. Opposing cuts are not only those on the political left, but also a majority of those on the right (58%).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-diplomacy\/how-switzerland-is-managing-foreign-aid-at-a-time-of-global-upheaval\/88714202\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+ How Switzerland manages foreign aid during global upheaval<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Respondents also demand that sub-Saharan African countries should not be penalised. In particular, 49% oppose reducing the funds allocated to this region in order to increase aid to Ukraine. Some 32% do not express an opinion, while only 19% support this possibility.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025-2028 credit approved by parliament for poverty reduction and economic development cooperation is almost CHF1.5 billion less than originally requested by the Federal Council \u2013 a cut of 18%. <\/p>\n<p>In total, the credit amounts to CHF11.1 billion. Switzerland has reserved about 14% of the funds for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/foreignaidpicforvid.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"The upshot of cuts to Swiss foreign aid\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Foreign Affairs\n        <\/p>\n<p>        The consequences of cuts to Swiss foreign aid    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Apr 2, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                After the Swiss parliament cut millions from the 2025 foreign aid budget, the Swiss government announced which aid programmes would be axed.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/foreign-affairs\/switzerland-cuts-foreign-aid-the-consequen\/89073760\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: The consequences of cuts to Swiss foreign aid<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adapted from Italian by AI\/mga<\/p>\n<p>                How we work            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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