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According to a survey undertaken by the research institute gfs.berne, ordered by Swiss Post, around 80% of surveyed people are of the opinion that “the basic postal service in Switzerland should remain in its current form”. Furthermore, around 90% of them reckon that a “nationwide post office network is necessary for the economy to function properly”.



As for the issue of the liberalisation of postal services, 57% of the surveyed people « believe that the planned complete deregulation of the letter market makes very little or no sense at all”. Over 60% of them reckon that the liberalisation of the postal market will weaken the financing of the postal network. On another note, 50% fear the consequences the liberalisation of the postal market will have on employment.



Finally, it comes out of this survey that the population has mixed opinions regarding the expansion of the financial activities offered by Swiss Post.



For more information:

Press release from Swiss Post:

http://www.post.ch/en/post-startseite/post-konzern/post-medien/post-hintergrundinformationen/post-info09-revision-postgesetzgebung.htm

An executive summary of the study :

http://www.post.ch/en/post-das-wichtigste-in-kuerze-zur-planungsstudie.pdf

The study by gfs.berne : http://www.post.ch/fr/post-mm09-studie.pdf