“Little reminiscent of a Punch and Judy show”

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First it started with anger at greedy bankers who, after UBS in 2008, have now put CS in serious trouble. And that the state should help again. Later, politicians were disappointed with the possible collapse of the Swiss financial center.

In the course of the first session on Tuesday, however, the mood turned to mutual reproaches. In an election year, parliamentarians did what they do best: crawl on each other’s roofs. Right versus left, left versus right. The center against left and right – and vice versa.

Debate until 1am

Sometimes you even imagine yourself in the song “E Löl, e blöde Siech, e Glünggi un e Sürmu” by singer-songwriter Mani Matter (1936-1972), in which “a huge storm arises” and the protagonists until early the next morning».

The consultations in the National Council lasted until after 01:00. In the end, the National Council rejected the loans totaling CHF 109 billion. The Council of States had previously approved it. The guarantee promise failed due to the no of the SVP, the SP and the Greens.

The two polar parties and the Greens had tried to put a number of conditions on the approval, but could not find a majority – also because they fought each other in some cases. The FDP of Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutters (59), the Center and the GLP supported the Federal Council’s deal.

The handout continued on Twitter

After the heated debate in the National Council Chamber, the distribution on the short message service Twitter continued. The center party leader Philipp Matthias Bregy (44) spoke of a “Punch and Judy show”, as the polar parties SP and SVP had a majority in the Bundesrat, but rejected the loans in parliament.

FDP vice president Andri Silberschmidt (29) stressed the “lack of responsibility” of the country’s two largest parties – namely SVP and SP – and appealed to the credibility of our country.

And middle boss Gerhard Pfister (60) also denied the SP and SVP a sense of responsibility. And even believe that if the Federal Councilors of both parties had voted this way, CS would have gone bankrupt and Switzerland would have suffered enormous damage.

Subject ‘too big’ for Parliament?

For SP party leader Roger Nordmann (50), on the other hand, it is now clear that the SVP does not want to regulate anything in the banking sector. He accused her of filing for clear guidelines on council stock protection and bonuses, which she had previously supported on the national council’s finance committee.

His party colleague Samira Marti (29) thought the result of the debate was “a disgrace”, the Basel-based national councilor concluded on Twitter.

And Green National Councilor Natalie Imboden (52) accused the bourgeoisie of not wanting to learn from their mistakes and asked whether the subject was “too big” for Parliament.

The councils will try to reach an agreement on Wednesday. And maybe that will work if the factions pull together to reach a compromise.

Source:Blick