To Italian citizens the payment of the Rai license fee, whether it's on the bill like today or with a separate bulletin like in the past, it really doesn't go down. According to polls, the heavy tax represents one of the most hated "taxes" in the Bel Paese, even at the level of "monsters" such as Tasi and Imu. But anyone who wants to look at the glass half full can console themselves by taking a look at the prices that are paid abroad every year. An example above all is Switzerland where the license fee costs a good 451 francs (the equivalent of about 400 euros) reaching a record that is hardly envied in Europe.
But in Bern the TV fee is a serious matter, so serious as to be the object of a referendum called “No Billag”. In fact, Sunday 4 March, while the Italians will be busy electing a new government (or so it is hoped), Frending a nightmarish election campaign, and the Germans will know the fate of Grosse Coalition after the determinant internal consultation of the SPD, the Swiss will be called to choose whether or not to abolish the tax that finances the SSR (Swiss Radio and Television Company). To win, the Yes will have to conquer not one but two majorities, the first among the voters, the second in the cantons, a rather difficult mission to accomplish.
A referendum on the Rai license fee would be a dream for the Italians who, in all likelihood, would flock to the polls and win the Yes with plebiscitary percentages. But the Swiss, as we know, are very different from us and in fact, based on a survey carried out by gfs.bern and commissioned by the Ssr itself, no to abolition could win with 65% of the votes compared to the 33% which it is assumed that the Yes vote will arrive.
After rejecting the minimum income for all in 2016, Switzerland is preparing to reject the abolition of the tax on public TV.
