SVP has reservations about a civil ticket
The center and the FDP want mutual civic support, but the SVP is hesitant
Elections will take place in Zurich on February 13 – and the bourgeois parties are wondering how they can break the left-green hegemony. Unlike the middle and the FDP, the SVP has reservations about a bourgeois ticket.
Before the elections on February 13, Zurich is firmly in red-green hands: both in the city council (three SP members, two Greens, one AL and one GLP representative and two liberals) and in parliament, the majority ruling left-wing center . And when it comes to votes, the electorate is often clear about their policies. Four years ago, the bourgeoisie tried to take countermeasures together: At that time, the FDP, CVP and SVP competed as a civic bloc in the city council elections under the title “Top 5”. Result: The SVP stayed outside once more. The CVP (today: Die Mitte) lost its city council seat. The FDP was able to hold its two seats with Filippo Leutenegger and Michael Baumer, but Leutenegger had no chance in the fight for the city council. And now?