The Greens and SVP members submit many proposals, but are rarely successful: 94 percent of their demands fail

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Stop the rental explosion. Consistently drive out Russian spies. Make it easier for Ukrainians with protection status S to access the labor market. These are three demands that national councilors and parliamentary committees or parliamentary groups have submitted to parliament in recent weeks.

This year, 344 motions have been submitted to the National Council and the Council of States. A motion is one of the strongest tools available to parliamentarians to initiate legislative change. If both councils accept this, the Federal Council must implement the change.

Who used this tool most often? Who never? With a view to the end of the legislature, SRF has taken a closer look at this. The most exciting findings in four points.

Green Land Councilor Meret Schneider (31) has submitted 45 motions since her election in 2019. This makes her the sole leader in parliament. On average, she submitted a new declaration almost every month. Schneider admits at SRF that sometimes her biggest concern is getting attention for an issue. Their demands are rarely able to win a majority. Of the eighteen motions that Parliament has already considered, only two have been adopted.

SVP President and Ticino State Councilor Marco Chiesa (48) comes in second among the most zealous motioners with 31 proposals – although none of them were successful. His party and canton colleague Lorenzo Quadri (48) is in third place. It is striking that there is only one SP representative and one FDP representative in the top twenty. The movement instrument seems less popular with these parties.

The Lucerne FDP state councilor Damian Müller (38) has a significantly higher success rate than the Green Party’s Meret Schneider. Since his re-election in 2019, he has filed eighteen motions. Of the 11 patients already treated, 8 were successful. This means that he has passed the most motions in parliament. The FPD national councilor of Zurich, Andri Silberschmidt (29), reached second place with 6 successful motions (out of 8 motions submitted and settled) – together with the Basel SP state councilor Eva Herzog (61), who submitted a total of 11 motions submitted .

Council members of states tend to submit fewer proposals and therefore – as the figures show – they are more likely to obtain a majority.

When you compare the factions and their success rates, the Liberals also come out on top. Of the motions submitted and already discussed, 32 percent received a majority. In the center that is 23 percent, in the SP it is still 14 percent. The GLP are among the worst performing companies with a percentage of 7 percent. The Greens and the SVP only succeed in 6 percent – ​​or in other words: 94 percent of their motions fail. All failed initiatives, which are often doomed to fail from the start, cost the state, and therefore taxpayers, millions.

Markus Ritter (56), national councilor of the St. Gallen Center and chairman of the Farmers’ Association, is considered one of the most influential parliamentarians in the Federal Palace. But he has not filed a single motion in the past four years. He justifies this to the SRF by saying that he often views the initiatives as a “foam racket”. He prefers to look for majorities in the committees that prepare each deal. This is more difficult and goes largely unnoticed by the public. But Ritter is convinced it is more promising and effective. (lha)

Source:Blick