Swiss government funding for Geneva’s International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum was narrowly saved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss lawmakers in Bern supported a proposal by Laurence Fehlmann Rielle of the left-wing Social Democratic Party: 93 votes to 92, with 8 abstentions. This second vote was organised at the request of left-wing groups, after the chamber first voted narrowly against the proposal, a few minutes earlier. The House of Representatives has therefore followed the Senate, which decided in December to allocate around CHF200,000 ($256,000) a year to the museum; the Federal Council had wanted to make a drastic cut. Another victory for the left Lawmakers also decided, by 100 votes to 88, to allocate more money to training staff working with victims of violence. The arguments put forward by Tamara Funiciello from the Social Democratic Party convinced parliamentarians from the centre-right.