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The conservative element of Zug returns: the population no longer wants to buy
The legislative initiative to extend the opening hours of the shops is not well received by the voters of the canton of Zug. More than 65 percent of Zug residents no longer want to go shopping at night. The legislative initiative achieved the most approval in Walchwil, of all places. The local population has a manageable number of shops.
Shopping in Metalli.
The numbers don’t lie. The initiators of the legislative initiative to extend store opening hours are likely to have felt a pounding in the head after seeing the result of all their efforts in the cantonal council hall on Sunday afternoon: 15,918 yes to 29,876 do not. A devastating result. But, in a good federal way, Gian Brun (22) tries to bring out the positive. Together with the young talents of the Green Liberals, the Center, the SVP and its FDP, he promoted a project whose roots go back six years. About the vote, he said: “Losing is part of politics. To learn something from him too. “Already a political analyst, he says they may have” had to react “to the phase in which the closure initiative in the cantonal council was on the agenda.
Gian Brun, who is, among other things, president of the Liberal Youth of the Canton of Zug, wants to describe the clear defeat together with his campaign colleagues as “Lehrblätz”. Furthermore, the development process of the store closure initiative brought the group together. Perhaps a generation will develop out of the group for whom the word bridge builder is not an empty shell.
The canton of Zug as a “backward island”
Gian Brun from Hünenberg is also good at doing it. When asked what his livelihood is, the young politician replies: Entrepreneur in the field of web design. Soon he begins to study economics at St. Gallen. But he remains faithful to politics and is already thinking about the next cantonal elections in autumn 2022.
What sets the young politician apart, however, is that he sums things up in his point of view: “The canton of Zug is still a backward island, the surrounding cantons know more liberal store opening hours.” He is sure that the initiative would have ensured that the local industry was equipped with skewers of the same length. “The people of Zug will continue to shop every day at the canton’s borders, at the train station and at the gas stations, and it will show how outdated the current regulations are,” adds Tabea Estermann, co-chair of the Green Liberals. of the canton of Zug.
Saying no to the initiative is a thank you to the sales force
Canton Councilor Luzian Franzini (ALG / Zug) does not oppose such a lamentation. He was one of the winners: “We had a broad-based committee. Everyone from the SVP to the unions was represented in this. “The broad alliance may have been the key to slowing down this initiative. Of course, Franzini also mentions that the industry faces great challenges. However, one more hour in six days a night would have “worsened the situation of the sales staff.” The ALG politician also does not believe that an extension of the opening hours would have boosted sales. Nor did he forget to mention that this clear vote was also “a thank you” for the staff This has done a tough job, especially in times of the coronavirus pandemic.
The third no to a liberalization of store opening hours by Zug voters, the following applies: more than 60 percent have exercised their right to vote. It should be special that in Walchwil of all places, the municipality with the lowest proportion of shopping opportunities, the store closure initiative achieved the most approval with just over 40 percent yes.
Zug economics director Silvia Thalmann-Gut also spoke of a “clear result”. Since no counterproposals were added to the initiative, Thalmann was tasked with giving the floor to opponents and supporters at the press conference.
