Cities without Federal Council. “For a long time, the canton of Zurich had a subscription to one seat”.
The townspeople are no longer represented in the Bundesrat. Is this a problem? Political analyst Mark Balsiger classifies.
Something was clearly slipping With the Federal Council elections: The canton of Zurich is no longer represented in the state government, and with it 1.56 million inhabitants. After his resignation at the end of the year, Finance Minister Ueli Maurer remains the last Zurich member on the committee.
The still young canton of Jura is represented in the Federal Council for the first time: Elisabeth Baume-Schneider is there on behalf of 73,798 Jura residents. This is the population at the end of 2021.
As soon as Baume-Schneider’s election was dry, the accusation was raised that the cities and economic centers had forgotten. “The state government is out of balance,” summarizes these concerns of the Zurich “Tages-Anzeiger”. comment to the point.
What’s wrong with the criticism? blue News asked political analyst Mark Balsiger for an assessment.
Incidentally, the people of Zurich are much more relaxed about the fact that their canton no longer has a Federal Councilor. Die anyway the conclusion of a non-representative surveythe blue News in the largest Swiss city has carried out.