Editorial about Alain Berset’s successor: There must be a donor canton in the Federal Council

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There is a nasty saying circulating about Daniel Jositsch and his party. Accordingly, the Swiss Social Democrats can be divided into two camps. Some people don’t like Jositsch. And the others hate him.

The Council of States of Zurich is said to be very competent. The man who wants to become a federal councilor is respected by all parties, and even his worst enemies trust him to govern. But his tactical flexibility raises suspicion. In the spring, during the Council of States debate on weapons for Ukraine, he gave a neutrality speech with a strong Albisgütli stable smell. He writes reports for environmental lawyer Valentin Landmann. And while his comrades protest, he appears at the “Weltwoche” festival. That did not stop his election committee from calling last week, together with Jositsch, to “stop the SVP”.

The drama surrounding Drama King Daniel suppresses a political tragedy: despite federalism, subsidiarity and the debt brake, Federal Bern is in danger of becoming the country’s cash cow. Lobbyists are increasingly successful in pushing through the interests of economic sectors, social groups or regional projects.

Currently, only the recipient cantons are represented in the decisive body, the Federal Council, that is, the states that benefit from redistribution in national financial equalization – with Jositsch from Zurich there would finally be a donor canton again. But what if the Social Democrats refuse him the appointment again?

Bernese SP exponents have also registered their interest in the agency. But Albert Rösti, this receiving canton, is already in the state government. And Jon Pult? The national councilor is a self-declared and practicing native of Graubünden, and despite his 38 years, he is something of an Alpine Scholz. His work by Liz is called “Interpretation and meaning of the Rhaetian Railway from the perspective of Graubünden politics from 1880 to 2008”. The ‘subvenziuns’ are already in the DNA.

If the SP faction wanted to demonstrate common sense on the regulatory front, it would be very simple: if the party were to reject Jositsch, a Basel resident would belong on the ticket – or a Basel woman.

Source:Blick