Swiss municipalities are caught in the crossfire between their citizens' high demands on quality that have meanwhile become a matter of course, the high competitive pressure with regard to the benefits of future locations (tax advantages) and the increase in cost pressure in relation to the provision of public services. The result is that Swiss municipalities feel themselves subjected to enormous pressure and stretched to maximum capacity as they battle to meet the ever-growing complexity of the demands and tasks they face. 

It is for these reasons that alternatives to providing public services (other than fusion negotiations) are becoming more frequently sought after to increase efficiency and enable municipalities to satisfy the high demands of their citizens.