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There is a Christmas spirit in the Swiss shopping streets and people flock to the streets. Among the tinsel and glitter in the crowd, the large number of crown cases almost sank. The strict warnings of the Federal Council seem not to be heeded.
Along with the open ski areas, the shopping streets are probably the most obvious manifestation of the Swiss liberal special route. There are hardly anywhere else in Europe as many pre-Christmas freedoms as in Switzerland. The bourgeois parties, in particular, have fought vehemently against the new restrictions throughout Switzerland. If so, the cantons should decide.
Belief in federalism is crumbling
But that is over now. Faced with the increase in the number of cases, some bourgeois parties change their minds. CVP President Gerhard Pfister sees that the time has come for the federal government to intervene more strongly in Corona events.
It is correct that the Federal Council agrees with the cantons what should be applied in the country.
He says: “We have seen that regional measures are not enough. Therefore, it is correct that the Federal Council agrees with the cantons on what should be applied in the country. “And this is what the party president says, despite the fact that his party was in the front line against the restrictions in the ski areas last week.
Back and forth criticism
Nor in the FDP is there a fundamental resistance to the measures envisaged by the Federal Council. The chairman of the FDP parliamentary group, Beat Walti, also acknowledges that stricter measures must now be implemented: “If epidemiological development emerges as it does, the numbers increase and control is no longer in place, then more measures are needed. strict “.
However, he is confused by the Federal Council’s apparent lack of strategy. First, ordering the cantons to toughen the measures and then intervene after a few days is confusing.
Our strategy is federalism. The cantons and the governing councils decide.
Even the SVP is not opposed to stricter measures everywhere. However, these would have to be decided in the cantons, says party chairman Marco Chiesa. The federal government should stay out of it. ‘Our strategy is federalism. The cantons and the government councils decide. We have to stay on this line. This evaluation must be carried out in the cantons. “
Empty streets are unlikely
Despite the change of opinion in the field of the middle class, the shopping environment in Switzerland is likely to continue. Probably with shorter opening hours and no after-catering in restaurants, but still with more freedom than in many neighboring countries. At least as long as the situation doesn’t get worse.
The Federal Council will decide on Friday exactly what the new measures will look like.
