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Suddenly everything is different again. Party leader Aline Trede (40) turns right. She now tells Blick that “the Greens tend not to participate in the Federal Council elections in December.”
On election Sunday evening, Trede told the SDA news agency: “yes, the tendency is for us to put ourselves forward as candidates.” And this despite the fact that the Greens had lost five seats and almost four percentage points in voter share. The other parties experienced a “loss of reality”.
Apparently impressed by the widespread misunderstanding about the plan to propose its own candidate for the Federal Council in mid-December, a change of heart is now taking place within the Green Party.
“Totally wrong”
Finally, there were also voices within the party that they could not now stand as candidates for the elections for the Federal Council: “It would be completely wrong at this time to try to take a seat on the Federal Council away from the SP .” This way you only weaken yourself, says former Green Party chairman Ueli Leuenberger (71) to Blick. “On the contrary: the Greens must now sit down with the SP and determine a common strategy for the next legislature.”
Leuenberger was certainly not the only party member who spoke out against his candidacy for Blick. But as Monday afternoon wore on, suddenly no one else wanted to put their name forward.
Critical in the bottom
Natalie Imboden (53), who missed her re-election as national councilor on Sunday, was cautiously critical. According to her, the Greens should be on the books. She is not alone in this opinion, but others do not want to be quoted with this statement.
However, ex-president Leuenberger is specific: “The entire party must come closer to the people again. Making noise on social media is not enough.” However, he limits himself: “As clear as the Greens’ defeat was on Sunday, they achieved the second-best result in their history!” Calling for resignations is wrong.
But not everyone sees it that way. However, contrary to what was initially announced, the personnel composition of the party presidency will no longer be an issue on Friday, Trede said.
In addition to the team, the coach should also be questioned, says group member Blick. Suddenly the member no longer wanted to give his name to this statement. The Greens are now apparently trying to close ranks and stand in front of their boss Balthasar Glättli (51). You are in crisis mode. Glättli itself is at the diving station and could not be reached by Blick.
“Questioning the presidency now does not help,” says faction leader Aline Trede. Sunday’s result cannot be attributed to just one person. “The climate issue has mobilized less,” the parliamentary faction leader wants to nip the presidential discussion in the bud.
Ryser should take it
Yet the party is quietly thinking about it: who could take over the presidency in Glättli’s place? The Greens no longer have many people believed to be in office. But one name appears several times: Franziska Ryser (32). Finally, she managed to achieve a very good election result in St. Gallen on Sunday.
Although the elected members of the St. Gallen SVP are in a class of their own, the national councilor does not have 500 votes fewer than farmer president Markus Ritter (56). Ryser leaves everyone else in the canton behind. “She can do it,” people are convinced of her, even though Ryser has only been working in Bern for four years. But in just a few years she has not only become vice-president of the Greens, she also serves as vice-president of the PUK during the forced takeover of Credit Suisse.
Mathias Zopfi (39), member of the Glaruse Council of States, is also entrusted to hold the office. Another also thinks that Manuela Weichelt (56) is someone who “could be the chairman of the Green Party”. But that is exactly the discussion that the Greens do not want to have, but prefer to take cover – and then not participate in the elections for the Federal Council.
Source:Blick
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