Economiesuisse
| Economiesuisse | |
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| Seat | Zurich , Switzerland |
| founding |
September 15, 2000
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| president | Heinz Karrer |
| Directory | Monika Rühl |
| Members | 100,000 |
| Branch | Bern , Geneva , Lugano , Brussels |
| Website | www.economiesuisse.ch |
Economiesuisse ( brand: economiesuisse) is an umbrella organization for the Swiss economy .
This is the largest umbrella organization of the Swiss economy with around 100,000 companies of various sizes with a total of two million employees. Economiesuisse is made up of 100 industry associations, 20 cantonal chambers of commerce and individual companies.
history
It was founded on September 15, 2000 in Lausanne . As an association of Swiss companies, it emerged from the Swiss Trade and Industry Association (suburb) and the wf, Society for the Promotion of the Swiss Economy . The name is composed of the French words “économie” (economy) and “suisse” (Swiss).
organization
The organization sees itself as a representative of the interests of the economy in the political process, it represents the affiliated members on both national and international level. As a lobby organization, Economiesuisse tries to exert influence on parliament . Traditionally, the association represents business-liberal concerns: more personal responsibility, less welfare state, free trade, lower taxes, less intervention by the state.
Heinz Karrer has been President since September 1, 2013 , replacing Rudolf Wehrli . Wehrli's predecessor was Gerold Bührer . Pascal Gentinetta was director until June 18, 2013, and Monika Rühl has been director since September 2014 .
According to the company, the following topics are dealt with:
- General economic policy
- Foreign trade
- Taxes
- Finances
- Infrastructures
- energy and Environment
- education
- Regulatory
- competition
The classic questions of social partnership are addressed by the Swiss Employers' Association .
Web links
- Official website
- Editor: Economiesuisse. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Daniel Nerlich, Philipp Hofstetter: Swiss Trade and Industry Association (SHIV, suburb). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Andrea Weibel: Society for the Promotion of the Swiss Economy (wf). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Kaspar Surber: Economiesuisse. A steamer starts to roll. In: WOZ Die Wochenzeitung 8/2013 of February 21, 2013
- Institutional holdings of Economiesuisse - Society for the Promotion of the Swiss Economy (wf) (PDF); Swiss Trade and Industry Association (SHIV), suburb (PDF) - in the archive for contemporary history .
Individual evidence
- ^ Members. In: economiesuisse.ch. Keidanren, March 17, 2019, accessed March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Members, ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 8, 2013
- ↑ Archives of the Swiss Trade and Industry Association (SHIV, suburb) from 1870–2000
- ^ Andrea Weibel: Society for the Promotion of the Swiss Economy. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ Heinz Karrer is the new head of Economiesuisse. In: 20 Minuten / sda from August 29, 2013
- ↑ economiesuisse board elects Monika Rühl as the new director. ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Media release of February 21, 2014 (PDF file)
- ↑ Topics ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Economiesuisse website, accessed on November 1, 2011.
