BASEL - The Grosser Rat spent Tuesday on the 2025 budget, a ritual in which tram lines and school repairs are named and the life-sciences tax base is assumed. Receipts from the chemical and pharma cluster still carry the city canton. Deputies know it. They do not always say it in the same sentence as a social item.
BVB asked for vehicle money. Hospitals asked for staff money. A centre deputy said both would be easier if headquarters payrolls stayed in Kleinbasel rather than sliding to Zug.
Fasnacht is over, the invoices are not
Carnival week is a tourism line. The budget is a pharma line. Basel's year makes sense only if you hold both.