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The SVP wants to fight first against the framework agreement and then against the CO₂ law. The Greens care about agriculture.
“The mother of all battles”: For the SVP, the fight against the framework agreement has the highest priority. Roger Köppel, National Councilor Senior Vice President in Bern. (October 24, 2020)
Photo: Anthony Anex (Keystone)
On Saturday, SVP delegates approved a resolution against the institutional framework with the EU with 148 yes to seven votes against. The “submission contract” must be fought with all forces, said the party’s president, Marco Chiesa.
The institutional framework agreement is the most important issue for Switzerland, more important than Corona, said Zurich National Councilor Roger Köppel. “It’s about the essentials.” This treaty is a frontal attack on Swiss sovereignty, democracy and “everything that has made Switzerland successful”.
The declared wish of the EU is to end the bilateral path with this treaty. The EU no longer wants an equal relationship with Switzerland, but wants to make Switzerland a “subject of the EU”. The Federal Council should never have negotiated this contract, Köppel said.
The SVP must avoid this framework agreement with all its might. It is the mother of all battles, Köppel said.
SVP delegates are also in the mood for the referendum against the CO2 law, which the party supports. In addition to the climate strikers, who largely criticize the CO2 law as being too rare, several business associations have also launched a referendum against the law. From his point of view, the law creates more bureaucracy, more prohibitions and new taxes and tariffs. Instead, investment incentives should be created to solve the problems.
See CO₂ law as a redistribution under the guise of climate protection: SVP party president Marco Chiesa during virtual delegates meeting.
Photo: Anthony Anex (Keystone)
Green concern for agriculture
The Greens have also moved their assembly of delegates to virtual space. It dealt with the subject of agriculture and the planned adoption of a resolution on agriculture and food industry. The party regrets that the sustainable design of agriculture, as envisaged by agricultural policy 22+, is being relegated to the background.
The Greens also formulate the slogans for the Drinking Water Initiative and the Pesticide Ban Initiative. Yes, slogans are considered safe. Urgent reforms to protect biodiversity and drinking water and for the necessary turnaround in agriculture are only possible with the two initiatives, according to the Greens.
The Greens also voted on the ‘Stop Palm Oil’ referendum. The referendum is directed against the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Efta countries (Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and Indonesia. Parliament approved the free trade agreement last December. The referendum launched by Uniterre and the organic winemaker Willy Cretegny has the support of some 50 organizations.
