Swiss commission sees need for action in security policy

The commission calls for the army to focus more on its defence capabilities. Keystone-SDA

More spending on the army, defence cooperation with NATO and a revision of the neutrality policy: this is what a group of experts has recommended to the Swiss government. It has formulated 100 recommendations for a "future-oriented security policy".

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The commission set up by the defence ministry a year ago published its 68-page final report on Thursday. In it, the commission makes over 100 recommendations in seven areas on how a future-oriented security policy could be structured.

For example, the commission calls for the army to focus more on its defence capabilities and for the defence budget to be increased to 1% of gross domestic product by 2030.

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It also recommends relaxing the ban on the re-export of Swiss weapons to certain countries.

The report is intended to provide impetus for the Security Policy Strategy 2025, on which the defence ministry has just begun work.

Translated from German by DeepL/ts

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