Swiss People's Party Proposes Restrictions on 13th Pension Payment for Expatriates

Swiss Abroad face threat to 13th pension payment

Swiss citizens living abroad could be excluded from the new 13th state pension payment under a proposal from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party. A year ahead of the federal elections, the People’s Party is proposing new restrictions on the Swiss diaspora. In a motion, parliamentarian Didier Calame has called for “the 13th pension [payment] to be restricted to beneficiaries who are resident in Switzerland”. Calame told Swissinfo: “Pensioners abroad are entitled to the OASI [Swiss old-age and ...

By swissinfo.ch