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At its first meeting of the year, on January 6, the great responsibility falls on the Federal Council. All eyes are on Bern. Decisive weeks are approaching in the Corona crisis. The pressure on the state government to take appropriate action is increasing.
In a joint letter, the Green Liberal Party and the Greens have called on the Federal Council to adopt even stricter measures in the fight against the pandemic. Instead of loosening up, “new measures” are now necessary, according to the letter to the Federal Council from the “SonntagsZeitung”.
SVP without help from Corona
The senior vice president is now the only party still calling for broad easing. The party wants restaurants, as well as sports, leisure and cultural businesses to be able to reopen immediately, while the Federal Council will introduce systematic border controls with rapid Covid-19 tests.
In an interview with the “SonntagsBlick”, the new federal president Guy Parmelin (61) says that the Federal Council discusses “a lot and for a long time”, but works “as a team”. He is in no way under pressure from his own party. The parties, including his senior vice president, would “do their part.”
Other parties are skeptical of this policy of détente. They demand stricter measures. The president of the Greens, Balthasar Glättli (48), told the “SonntagsZeitung”: “It needs a temporary strong closure”. Jürg Grossen (51), president of the Green Liberals, is also responsible for distance education in non-compulsory schools. Grossen would consider it “grossly negligent” for politics to underestimate the warnings of science for the third time. ”
Productive home office
Although the CVP center party initially rendered it harmless to support the immediate measures decided by the Federal Council, the political alliance of the Liberal and Green Greens also has the support of the SP. What is required is the introduction of a home office obligation and, if necessary, renewed store closures.
This, while surveys by the Northwestern Swiss University of Applied Sciences and the Bern research institute GfS show that the Swiss are more productive at the head office. According to an evaluation by “NZZ am Sonntag”, 60 percent of respondents think that working from home reduces stress at work. 60 percent say they can work more productively at home.
Apparently, easing is not a problem for the FDP either. The newspaper quotes FDP State Councilor Damian Müller (36): “It is obvious that the number of cases will increase in two weeks because many have been infected during the holidays. Therefore, the Federal Council should not decide to relax next Wednesday. “(Kes)
