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Climate strikers launch a referendum against the CO2 law. Bundesbern reacts with incomprehension.
After four years, the CO2 law was finalized a week ago, approved by a clear parliamentary majority; only the SVP parliamentary group was against it. It has long been considered safe that some business associations will take the referendum, with the support of the executive vice president.
With parts of the climate strikers making headlines with their protest at the Bundesplatz, there is now resistance from the other political corner as well. Not least for the annoyance of the Greens, who are close to the movement itself.
The fact that some sectors of the climate strike movement want to fight the CO2 law with a referendum is received with incomprehension by most parliamentary groups.
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For Balthasar Glättli, president of Green Switzerland, a referendum is irresponsible in terms of climate policy.
“It bothers me that certain sections of climate strikes now apparently follow the motto: it’s better to break down the house first before rebuilding it,” Glättli told SRF News.
The SP, FDP, CVP and the Liberal Greens also criticize that a referendum against the law passed by parliament would jeopardize the entire Swiss climate policy. The president of the SP Group, Roger Nordmann (VD), announced on Twitter that he would ask not to sign the referendum.
The Swiss FDP also finds clear words in the short message service:
And CVP National Councilor Stefan Müller-Altermatt (SO) writes on Twitter:
SRF Bundeshaus editor Curdin Vincenz believes that the referendum against the CO2 law will be very likely. “And relatively regardless of how many signatures this left-wing referendum committee actually gathers.”
Pincer attack on the CO2 law?
On the other hand, the referendum has not yet been officially launched, but it is almost certainly. “The auto trade association is playing with that, as well as the petroleum association and maybe the homeowners association as well,” Vincenz said.
If the referendum takes place, the Federal Council and Parliament will have to prepare for a heated vote. “It won’t be a walk in the park,” says Vincenz. The field on the green left is divided, at least in western Switzerland. “And it’s also about the money, the wallet. These votes are never easy to win. “
