Plan from the SP and the middle stands
This is how the AHV expansion wants to pay center-left
Part of the parliament wants to postpone the finance of the 13th AHV pension. Now the SP and center stands have agreed on a common path. The new plan has a good chance of taking a first big hurdle.
The 13th AHV pension will be paid out for the first time in December 2026. Parliament recently decided that. It is unclear who pays the four to five billion francs that are needed for this. The Federal Council’s proposal, the To increase VAT by 0.7 percentage pointsso far finds little support. Alternative models such as higher wage contributions or financial transaction tax prove to be unpopular or unrealistic.
Now a center-left alliance is emerging for a proposal: The Pierre-Yves Maillard (SP/VD) and Erich Ettlin (center/OW) have found a common path. The condition for this is not only the financing of the 13th AHV pension. In step, the middle claim for “fair pensions for married couples” is also to be financed.
The middle party has been wanting to abolish the couple plane for years. This married couples today grants a maximum of 150 percent of the AHV pension, while unmarried couples can retire to 200 percent.
The unequal treatment is to be cleared by initiative. It is now with parliament. The middle tacts with the financing plan by creating the first facts and paving the way for a counter -proposal. It is not decided whether the married couple is abolished at all.
For this, the middle makes concessions to the SP and unions: it wants to quickly clarify the finance of the 13th pension. And not only screw on the VAT, but also increase the wage contributions. In addition, there is now the pension expansion for married couples, who also bears a proud price tag. The Federal Council expects around CHF 3.7 billion for the equal treatment of all pensioners.
Stepsian structure of the financing
The Social Commission has already spent two meetings for the financing question, the next will follow in early April. And instead of the originally four to five billion francs for the 13th AHV pension, around eight billion francs must now be driven out.
A new concrete model is on the table of the Social Commission’s Standatural Commission, the Council of States Erich Ettlin to finance the two projects. It consists of four points:
