Sunday press: Stocker, Corona vaccine, combat drones
Sunday press
Trail in the affair Stocker, Corona vaccine for over a billion and Swiss fight drones
Who is behind the election complaint against Simon Stocker, the BUND has to dispose of Corona vaccinations and the army wants its own combat drones-the news of the Sunday press.
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The fight against Corona pandemic was also the largest vaccination campaign in Swiss history. Now the state accounts of the federal tax authorities show what that cost. According to the Sonntagszeitung, the post “Covid medical material” is striking – where vaccine procurement is the lion’s share.
There was a bought between 2020 and 2023 material worth CHF 2282 million. However, the Swiss population only used vaccine doses worth CHF 567 million. Vaccines worth CHF 268 million were sent abroad as humanitarian aid. But material worth CHF 1447 million had to be “valued”.
The majority of this copied material ended up in the waste according to the federal tax authorities. « 90 percent of the value adjustments are incurred for vaccines that had to be disposed of after the expiry date, » says a spokesman. These are vaccines worth over 1.3 billion francs. The Federal Office of Health was particularly responsible for procurement. It explains the high value adjustments with time pressure.
Federation pays 47 million for the development of combat drones
The Swiss army already has educational drones.
Post has increased the expenses for external consultants in the term of office of the retiring CEO Roberto Cirillo. In 2024, the “advisory, office and administrative effort” amounted to CHF 431 million- a new top value.
The multi -year comparison is remarkable: Under Susanne Ruoff, who led the post from 2012 to 2018, the expenditure in this area was an average of CHF 255 million per year. On the other hand, an average of 401 million were spent in the Cirillo era. The mail primarily justifies the increase with increasing IT bureau.
However, research by the NZZ on Sunday shows that the allocation of numerous consulting orders for companies such as McKinsey and Co. have also contributed to the development. In 2020, Swiss Post secured the services of 25 consulting companies, which were subsequently competed against each other for individual projects – for example in connection with acquisitions. The Swiss Post does not want to reveal how many orders there were.
The state company is also silent about the total amount that have flowed to the 25 consulting companies in the past five years. However, the surcharge decision in January 2020 shows that the providers taken into account have entered daily rates of up to CHF 25,325 in their offers.
