“I would like to continue to represent Geneva’s interests in the Council of States together with Lisa. We advocate an open and solidarity-based society that has a lot to offer the rest of Switzerland,” said Carlo Sommaruga in an interview with the “Tribune de Genève”. “.
“Carlo and I work very well together in Bern,” said Lisa Mazzone. “We complement each other well.” If re-elected, she will chair the Council of States from December 2024, Mazzone said. That would be a quarter of a century after the last woman from Geneva to hold this office, Françoise Saudan.
The red-green alliance has held the two Geneva seats in the Council of States for fifteen years. Mazzone and Sommaruga succeeded Liliane Maury Pasquier (SP) and Robert Cramer (Greens) in 2019, who did not run for office after three terms.
(SDA)