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Initially there was a flood of rejections. Now the Greens have the first candidate for their storm in the Federal Council. Councilor Gerhard Andrey (47) announced on Tuesday that he would like to stand as a candidate. The Freiburger wants a seat at the expense of the FDP federal council members Ignazio Cassis (62) or Karin Keller-Sutter (59).
“A renewal election, where it is decided in advance how it will turn out, has nothing to do with an election and certainly nothing to do with innovation,” says Andrey. “It’s more like a set-up game.”
The Greens dream of a seat in the Federal Council
The Greens will accept further applications for the Federal Council until Friday. Zug state councilor Manuela Weichelt (56) is also thinking about this. Glarus state councilor Mathias Zopfi (39) and Zurich national councilor Bastien Girod (42) are also being discussed as candidates.
But the Greens hardly receive any sympathy from the other groups. The civil parties do not even want to invite the green Papabili to a hearing. During these job interviews, the parliamentary groups put the Federal Council candidates to the test behind closed doors.
“It would be absurd if we held a hearing with a candidate who wanted to attack one of our own seats,” said FDP vice-president Andrea Caroni (43). You certainly don’t invite someone who you know isn’t going to vote anyway.
The SVP also does not want to open the door to the Greens. The SVP’s position is clear, says SVP faction leader Thomas Aeschi (44). The three parties with the highest number of voters received two seats in the Federal Council, the fourth largest received one: “Accordingly, the Green Party has no claim to a seat in the Federal Council, so we will not invite Mr. Andrey to a hearing .”
The center has not yet made a decision, explains group leader Philipp Matthias Bregy (45). But given that party chairman Gerhard Pfister (61) has always emphasized that he does not want to vote out any sitting federal council members, it is already foreseeable that the center will also refrain from hearings with the Greens. That was the case four years ago, when then Green Party chairman Regula Rytz (61) ran for the Federal Council.
But another invitation to the GLP?
The GLP parliamentary group has not yet decided whether to grant the Greens a seat in the Federal Council at the expense of the FDP. “The Greens would be mathematically entitled to one seat, but with three seats in the Federal Council the left would be over-represented. On the other hand, the FDP is currently overrepresented with two seats,” says GLP party leader Jürg Grossen (54). “The parliamentary group will decide whether we should hold hearings on the Green Party candidates against this background.” The SP did not respond to questions.
The leadership of the Green Party confirmed this weekend that they want to participate in the Federal Council elections on December 13. She emphasizes that “from a purely arithmetic perspective” the Greens still have a clearer claim to one seat in government than other parties have to two.
But because the Federal Council parties are sticking to the previous magic formula, it does not look like the Greens will be able to actually hold a seat in the Federal Council anytime soon.
Source:Blick
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