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As of 2018, the police and military expenditures carried by the Federal Government stood at 39 million Swiss francs.<ref>[https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/abstimmungen/abstimmungen/abstimmungen-davos/davos-stimmt-ab-mehr-geld-fuer-das-wef Davos stimmt ab - Mehr Geld für das WEF](in German) SRF.ch. Retrieved 23 January 2019.</ref> The ''[[Aargauer Zeitung]]'' argued in January 2020 that the additional cost borne by the Kanton Graubünden stand at CHF 9 million per year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aargauerzeitung.ch%2Fschweiz%2Fdas-reiche-wef-waelzt-kosten-fuer-die-sicherheit-auf-bund-und-kantone-ab-das-stoesst-auf-kritik-136222933&prev=search|title=Das reiche WEF wälzt Kosten für die Sicherheit auf Bund und Kantone ab – das stösst auf Kritik|first=Lucien|last=Fluri}}</ref> | As of 2018, the police and military expenditures carried by the Federal Government stood at 39 million Swiss francs.<ref>[https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/abstimmungen/abstimmungen/abstimmungen-davos/davos-stimmt-ab-mehr-geld-fuer-das-wef Davos stimmt ab - Mehr Geld für das WEF](in German) SRF.ch. Retrieved 23 January 2019.</ref> The ''[[Aargauer Zeitung]]'' argued in January 2020 that the additional cost borne by the Kanton Graubünden stand at CHF 9 million per year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aargauerzeitung.ch%2Fschweiz%2Fdas-reiche-wef-waelzt-kosten-fuer-die-sicherheit-auf-bund-und-kantone-ab-das-stoesst-auf-kritik-136222933&prev=search|title=Das reiche WEF wälzt Kosten für die Sicherheit auf Bund und Kantone ab – das stösst auf Kritik|first=Lucien|last=Fluri}}</ref> | ||
The Swiss Green Party summarised their criticism within the Swiss National Council that the holding of the World Economic Forum has cost Swiss taxpayers hundreds of millions of Swiss francs over the past decades. In their view, it was however questionable to what extent the Swiss population or global community benefit from these expenditures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20203289|title = Geschäft Ansehen}}</ref> | The Swiss Green Party summarised their criticism within the Swiss National Council that the holding of the World Economic Forum has cost Swiss taxpayers hundreds of millions of Swiss francs over the past decades. In their view, it was however questionable to what extent the Swiss population or global community benefit from these expenditures.<ref name="Geschäft Ansehen">{{Cite web|url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20203289|title = Geschäft Ansehen}}</ref> | ||
===Gender debate=== | ===Gender debate=== | ||
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=== Unclear selection criteria === | === Unclear selection criteria === | ||
In a request to the [[ | In a request to the [[National Council (Switzerland)|Swiss National Council]], the [[Swiss Green Party]] criticised that invitations to the annual meeting and programmes of the World Economic Forum are issued according to unclear criteria. They highlight that "despots" such as the son of the former Libyan dictator [[Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi]] had been invited to the WEF and even awarded membership in the club of "Young Global Leaders".<ref name="Geschäft Ansehen"/> Even after the beginning of the [[Arab spring]] in December 2010 and related violent uprisings against despot regimes, the WEF continued to invite Gaddafi to its annual meeting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/gaddafi-s-son-to-get-wef-invitation/29133964|title = Gaddafi's son to get WEF invitation}}</ref> | ||
=== Environmental footprint of annual meetings === | === Environmental footprint of annual meetings === | ||
Critics emphasise that the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is counterproductive when combating pressing problems of humanity such as the climate crisis. Even in 2020, participants travelled to the WEF annual meeting in Davos on around 1,300 private jets while the total emissions burden from transport and accommodation were enormous in their view.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/24/billionaires-davos-climate-crisis-world-economic-forum|title=We can't trust the billionaires of Davos to solve a climate crisis they created | Payal Parekh|date=24 January 2020 | Critics emphasise that the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is counterproductive when combating pressing problems of humanity such as the climate crisis. Even in 2020, participants travelled to the WEF annual meeting in Davos on around 1,300 private jets while the total emissions burden from transport and accommodation were enormous in their view.<ref name="Geschäft Ansehen"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/24/billionaires-davos-climate-crisis-world-economic-forum|title=We can't trust the billionaires of Davos to solve a climate crisis they created | Payal Parekh|date=24 January 2020}}</ref> | ||
=== Controversy with Davos municipality === | === Controversy with Davos municipality === | ||
In June 2021, WEF founder Klaus Schwab sharply criticised the "profiteering", "complacency" and "lack of commitment" by the municipality of Davos in relation to the annual meeting. He mentioned that the preparation of the Covid-related meeting in Singapore in 2021/2022<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-17/world-economic-forum-to-cancel-annual-meeting-in-singapore</ref> had created an alternative to its Swiss host and sees the chance that the annual meeting will stay in Davos between 40 and 70 per cent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/story/wef-chef-droht-davos-wegen-ueberrissener-preise-917744096507|title= | In June 2021, WEF founder Klaus Schwab sharply criticised the "profiteering", "complacency" and "lack of commitment" by the municipality of Davos in relation to the annual meeting. He mentioned that the preparation of the Covid-related meeting in Singapore in 2021/2022<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-17/world-economic-forum-to-cancel-annual-meeting-in-singapore</ref> had created an alternative to its Swiss host and sees the chance that the annual meeting will stay in Davos between 40 and 70 per cent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/story/wef-chef-droht-davos-wegen-ueberrissener-preise-917744096507|title=Wir erwarten mehr Begeisterung» - WEF-Chef Klaus Schwab droht Davos wegen überrissener Preise|date=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/geschaeftemacherei-selbstzufriedenheit-wef-gruender-klaus-schwab-kritisiert-davos-scharf-id16627148.html|title = WEF-Gründer Klaus Schwab kritisiert Davos scharf|date = 24 June 2021}}</ref> | ||
==Alternatives== | ==Alternatives== | ||