Swiss Parliament Approves CHF5 Million For Village Buried By Landslide

2025-06-12 02:26:37

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The Valais mountain village of Blatten, which was largely buried by a landslide, is to receive emergency aid totalling CHF5 million ($6.1 million) from the federal government. After the Senate, the House of Representatives also approved the corresponding legal basis without opposition on Thursday. This content was published on June 12, 2025 - 13:12 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

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The federal government approved the solidarity contribution last Friday. Parliament's approval was required to release the funds. Within six days, both chambers of parliament approved the urgent federal act and the associated financing decision – in each case without a dissenting vote.

The federal government can now pay the financial aid to the village of Blatten. The village has one year to submit a report on the utilisation of the funds. The municipality must repay any unused funds to the federal government.

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