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“Certain exponents lack decency.” These are the words that Barbara Borer-Mathys (37) used in a discussion about the SVP. The lawyer herself chairs the Kulm district SVP. Shortly before the Aargau Grand Council elections, the party would not have needed a shot from behind from its own ranks. The SVP is already in a downward spiral.
His biggest enemy is not yet foreigners, but the green wave, which has not abated since the 2019 national elections. The latest vote on Sunday also showed that left-green, urban Switzerland is currently setting the tone. And also in the cantonal elections in Schaffhausen, the climate issue tipped the balance and gave the Greens three seats.
“The sound makes the music”
In such difficult circumstances, internal gossip is the last thing a party needs just before the October 18 elections. “I don’t want to start a discussion on this issue before the elections,” says former SVP president Aargau and national councilor Thomas Burgherr (58). Barbara Borer-Mathys does not want to comment, either. Your point of view is clear: “The sound makes the music.”
It is also clear to which “exponent” he was addressing with his statement: the president of SVP Aargau, the national councilor Andreas Glarner (58). Glarner’s recent attacks on her National Green Council colleague Sibel Arslan (40), whom she dubbed “Arschlan” and whom she implicitly denied being a true Swiss woman, are not well received by much of SVP supporters. Glarner does not want to comment on the criticisms of him.
Glarner Senior Vice President for Greens-Arslan: “That’s law and order, Mrs. Arschlan!”(01:16)
“The SVP is a case of restructuring”
Regarding the elections, Glarner pretends not to worry: “We assume that we can all take our seats on the Grand Council.” The SVP currently has 45 out of 140 seats there. Political scientist Claude Longchamp (63) has a different point of view: “Christophs Blocher’s diagnosis after the federal elections was correct: the SVP is a case of restructuring, especially at the cantonal level.” Only Blocher is not currently the renovator either.
According to Longchamp, the fact that the dean of the vice presidency recently demanded the return of his pension from the Federal Council caused the barrel to overflow. Blocher, Glarner, internal party disagreements: “The SVP should be preoccupied with itself for a while, with the question of program, orientation, bosses and communication.” The political scientist believes that by the time they meet again, that would paralyze all parties. “Green parties in particular can benefit from this.”
The SVPs still think that Aargau is strictly bourgeois
Thomas Burgherr, for his part, believes that “the focus is no longer on the climate, but on Corona and how to deal with it. And Glarner is convinced: “In the middle class of Aargau, the result will not be so bad for us.”
But Aargau is also changing. Newcomers from the city shake the SVP fortress. Glarner hides the fact that the vice presidency collapsed by 6.5 percentage points in the 2019 National Council elections, in favor of the Greens. You may be wrong when you say that the action on the Bundesplatz during the last session is hurting the Greens.
And it remains to be seen whether the voter shares the SVP National Council’s view that the Greens have very weak rosters this year. Green National Councilor Irène Kälin (33) sees it very differently: “With our young roster, we can shake up the outdated Grand Council in Aargau.”
LPG is the party of the new trend
But the Greens are not the only climate protectors in the Aargau election campaign. “The results of the September 27 vote showed that the GLP is the new trend party,” explains political scientist Longchamp. The Green Liberals were among the winners in all five votes. The party scores between the blocks and was able to take the momentum of the federal elections with it, according to the expert. “That had a positive effect on the seats in most of the cantonal elections.”
Green Kälin remains optimistic: “I think we do not necessarily serve the same clientele as LPG.” I’d even be happy for a rise in green liberals. “Another green party is at best a positive competitor. Ecological issues are always important. “
“LPG startups are emerging like mushrooms”
Other parties have reason to be envious, for example the CVP, whose voting slogans were not accepted in so many numbers. It was the urban trend of the left that thwarted his plans. Will the results be different in rural Aargau?
“No”, says Beat Flach (55), the only representative of Aargau GLP in Bundesbern. “Progressive politics is also valued in rural areas,” he emphasizes, then adds another example: “In recent months, LPG sections have been popping up in Aargau like mushrooms.” – And especially in rural areas. That gives you confidence. “I already have bets that we can increase to 13 seats on the Grand Council.” That would be almost double that in the last legislature.
Still exciting
The CVP accepts the fact that the BDP is no longer running for the Grand Council of Aargau elections, but is creating a joint center party with the CVP. “With the CVP Die Mitte lists and several former BDP candidates, we are integrating the base of the BDP, but also marking the opening of many more voters from the center. So the BDP voter percentages are valuable. »Says Marianne Binder. So, and with a costly electoral campaign, CVP wants to grow.
Election Sunday will be exciting, all parties have confidence, despite the disputes in the SVP. On October 18 it will be revealed whether the carrot canton will remain bourgeois or will send the SVP to where the pepper grows.
