So it is clear: the newly elected SVP Federal Councilor Albert Rösti (55) will be the new Minister of Environment and Energy. The new SP federal councilor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (58) is taking over the Department of Justice (FDJP) and former Minister of Justice Karin Keller-Sutter (58) is now in charge of the Department of Finance (FDF). The other federal councilors do not change.
The division of the departments went relatively quickly: the previous and the two new Federal Council members held “intensive talks” for about two hours, as Federal President Ignazio Cassis (61) said at a media conference on Thursday afternoon.
Greens are shocked
In particular, Rösti’s takeover of the Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication (UVEK) may meet with little enthusiasm from some, to say the least. For example, the Greens write in a press release that their “worst fears” have come true with Rösti in the UVEK. Subject of said email: “Oil baron takes over environmental service”.
Green National Council Michael Töngi (55) is also angry on Twitter: The fact that Rösti in the UVEK and Keller-Sutter in the FDF are two important departments in the hands of the citizens shows once again that the composition of the Bundesrat is not balanced .
It was no secret that the UVEK “Oil Baron” was Röstis’ dream division: the nuclear power plant advocate, auto lobbyist and former president of Swissoil had made it very clear in recent weeks that he would like to be the new environmental and energy leader. minister.
shame and crime
Zurich GLP councilor Barbara Schaffner (54) also describes Rösti on Twitter as “electricity general”. She is curious how he will promote the expansion of domestic energy production.
The Aargau SP People’s Council member Gabriela Suter (49) demands that the new Minister of Environment and Energy withdraw from the committee against the “electricity guzzlers law”. If the referendum announced by the SVP were to take place, the Federal Council would have to defend the indirect counter-proposal to the glacier initiative.
The horror of the “Climate Strike Switzerland” movement is also not surprising. That Rösti is now the head of the Uvek is a “disgrace” and a “crime”, she writes on Twitter. As a reminder, Dominik Waser, council member of the Green Party from Zurich, had already written on Twitter last week that Rösti “belongs in court rather than in the Bundesrat”.
FDP and SVP are satisfied
While the Greens are cooking, there is great joy among the SVP and the FDP. In a press release, the SVP writes that Rösti’s move to the Uvek would finally put an end to the “blind flight of energy policy, which is characterized by a completely irresponsible left-green ideology”.
The FDP also writes about a “promising division of departments” and wishes its alternating Federal Councilor Keller-Sutter every success in the FDF. The Liberals keep writing that they would welcome Ignazio Cassis (61) if he stays at the State Department.
Matthias Müller (30), the chairman of the Young Liberals Switzerland, is also satisfied with castling in the EFD and in the UVEK. He writes on Twitter that two “important departments” are in the hands of the citizens.
The SP, on the other hand, is concerned in a press release that the UVEK and the FDF are in the hands of the citizens. She fears that progress in climate protection and security of supply and in public services will be reversed.
The SP further writes that it is convinced that its new federal councilor Baume-Schneider is “excellently” qualified to tackle the challenges in the FDJP. Alain Berset will also continue his “struggle for strong purchasing power” in EDI.
Evi Allemann is happy
The former SP Federal Council candidate Evi Allemann (44) writes on Twitter that she likes to work with Baume-Schneider and Rösti – the UVEK and the EJPD are ‘key departments’ for her as director of spatial planning and justice.