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Yesterday, the Federal Council announced new, stricter and standardized crown rules. Apparently without prior consultation with the cantons. This sparked some backlash. A look at the regions.
Surprised and irritated – Zurich region: In the canton of Zurich, the action of the Federal Council is astonishing: from a state-political point of view, it is surprising and irritating, the Zurich government told SRF. The new federal government plans came just hours after the canton of Zurich reported its tightening. “I wish that the Federal Council had discussed the proposed solution with us in advance,” district president Silvia Steiner told TeleZüri.
“Understandable” – Aargau and Solothurn: “The canton of Aargau welcomes the proposals of the Federal Council,” wrote the governing council. However, it was suggested that restaurants and bars should be open until 7pm on Sundays and holidays. In the canton of Solothurn, stricter rules were enacted on Tuesday. Health Director Susanne Schaffner also calls for it at the national level: “When it comes to restaurants, we see a complete closure due to the worrying situation.”
For the Mittelweg – Bern region: The measures taken in the canton of Bern never went as far as in French-speaking Switzerland, but further than in the rest of German-speaking Switzerland. The reactions were accordingly: the cantonal government of Berne welcomes the uniform measures, but does not want to go as far as the Federal Council. Restaurants should only close at 9pm and ten people should be allowed to participate in private events.
“Just out of date” – Central Switzerland: The Uri government has little understanding of the actions of the federal government. It is particularly annoying that restaurants close at 7 pm, said health director Christian Arnold: “We have no indication that there are a particularly high number of infections there.” Her colleague from Nidwalden, Michèle Blöchliger, was also irritated. “The Federal Council has advanced us with its right-wing measures.” But he admitted that a national standardization of the rules would make many things easier.
No criticism comes from Zug. “From an epidemiological point of view, this is important so that hospitals are not overloaded after the Christmas season,” said Health Director Martin Pfister. It sounds similar from Lucerne: Government Councilor Guido Graf said that “urgent and effective measures must be taken”. Hospitals in central Switzerland are already very busy.
From Critics to Supporters – Eastern Switzerland: The St. Gallen government emphatically expressed support for the federal measures on Wednesday. By the end of October it had sounded completely different. There was talk of overvalued federal measures and fatal consequences for society and the economy. Then, as now, the St. Gallen government demanded that the Federal Council proclaim the extraordinary situation accordingly.
Different opinions – the two Basiles: In the canton of Baselland, the government does not agree at all with the advance of the Federal Council. In a letter to the Federal Council, the government criticized the fact that the Federal Council’s action endangered federal cooperation “to the greatest extent possible.” It sounds different from Basel-Stadt, because the government is behind the action of the Federal Council.
