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- The National Council basically agrees to reduce the risks of pesticides to drink water.
- He anticipated a bill approved by the Council of States without opposition
- For the left of the Council, however, the project does not go far enough, it calls for more effective measures.
Formally, the bill prepared by the Economic Commission of the States (WAK-S) is not an indirect counterproposal to the initiative of potable water and the initiative of prohibition of pesticides. But it should take the wind out of the referendum sails.
The majority of the Economic Commission (WAK-N) wants to stay in line with the Council of States. Beat Walti (FDP / ZH) said that the template should not be overloaded and should be adopted before the initiative is voted on.
We subsidize our own environmental destruction.
Farmers Association President Markus Ritter (CVP / SG) called the draft a pragmatic approach.
Red-green for more binding regulations
The SP, the Greens and the GLP wanted more tangible and binding provisions with minority motions. “It’s about drinking water,” said Jacqueline Badran (SP / ZH). “We subsidize our own destruction of the environment,” criticized Kathrin Bertschy (GLP / BE).
The risks associated with the use of pesticides for rivers and lakes, semi-natural habitats and groundwater used as drinking water will be reduced by 50 percent by 2027, compared to the average from 2012 to 2015. If this is not expected to be successful , must the law of the Federal Council.
Nutrient losses in agriculture will also be reduced. However, the proposal does not mention specific reduction targets. The National Council has joined the Council of States here. Consequently, nitrogen and phosphorus need to be “appropriately reduced” by 2030 compared to the 2014-2016 average.
Removal request by SVP
The SP, Greens and LPG would have wanted a reduction route for nitrogen and phosphorus with numbers and deadlines. By 2025, losses should decrease by 10 percent and by 2030 by 20 percent, compared to the average for the years 2014 to 2016. The Council of States had already rejected this formulation, and now the National Council has done the same.
The National Council also refused to take into account other users and polluters besides agriculture when reducing nitrogen and phosphorus. Farmer Martin Haab (SVP / ZH) requested this.
The senior vice president would have wanted to remove the article in question, but he also failed. Marcel Dettling (SVP / SZ) said that this was actually included in the draft through a “Buebetrickli” in the Council of States. The template is about pesticides, but it’s about nutrients.
However, the National Council has also included a disclosure requirement. Anyone putting fertilizers and food on the market must report data to the federal government for distribution to agricultural businesses. This is intended to ensure that mineral compost is replaced by farm compost. The council approved a corresponding individual application from Matthias Samuel Jauslin (FDP / AG).
The WAK-S filing includes adjustments to the Chemicals Act, the Agriculture Act, and the Water Protection Act. The National Council could not discuss the changes to this third law on Wednesday due to time constraints. The debate will continue next Wednesday.
