{"id":91194,"date":"2026-06-24T12:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/91194\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:58:58","slug":"swiss-government-rules-out-further-budget-cuts-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/91194\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss government rules out further budget cuts for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f10e644a74f8f67c89d9ab07c3618ee6a3212ea6-91641722.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"No further budget cuts are on the horizon for 2027\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter.            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        Further cuts to the federal budget will not be needed in 2027, Switzerland&#8217;s Federal Council (executive body) said on Wednesday. It announced that revenue is CHF1.8 billion ($2.2 billion) higher than had been estimated in February. But the 2027\u20132029 austerity programme will still go ahead as planned.\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>        June 24, 2026 &#8211; 14:22\n<\/p>\n<p>In April, the government had announced additional cuts of CHF540 million as a precautionary measure. These had been decided upon because the relief package had ultimately proved less stringent than expected following its passage through parliament.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to abandon these measures given that the budgetary situation for 2027 is \u201csignificantly better\u201d than expected, the Federal Council said in a statement on Wednesday. The upward revision of forecasts relating to corporation tax explains this more optimistic assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab947703e95f1ed533323bb6035ce00ccfe1863a-91110247.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Councillors finalise slimmed-down relief package for the federal treasury\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss parliament finalises slimmed-down savings package    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Mar 17, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Parliament has ironed out the final differences in the federal budget relief package. Compared to the government\u2019s proposal, the savings have been reduced by around 40%.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/councillors-finalise-slimmed-down-relief-package-for-the-federal-treasury\/91110337\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss parliament finalises slimmed-down savings package<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The outlook for 2028\u20132030 also looks brighter. However, the Federal Council states that the austerity programme remains \u201ccrucial\u201d. The planned cuts amount to around CHF5.2 billion. Without these measures, the 2027 budget would show a structural deficit of around CHF1.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Translated from French, sub-edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/author\/simon-bradley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        Articles in this story    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter. 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