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Due to the heavy workload, the National Council will hold a special session this year in addition to the four regular sessions. This lasts from Tuesday to Thursday.
On the agenda are numerous parliamentary initiatives to be decided by the National Council. For example, the Grand Chamber decides on Tuesday about a bonus ban for systemically important banks. SP alderman Prisca Birrer-Heimo (64, LU) submitted the proposal long before the CS debacle.
A motion by SVP National Councilor Lukas Reimann (40) is also on the agenda. The St. Galler would like to see Swiss German – ie dialect – allowed in the future as an additional negotiating language in the National Council, alongside Standard German, French, Italian and Rhaeto-Romance.
Circular economy in the picture
Wednesday is about the circular economy. The Environment Committee proposes amendments to the Environmental Protection Act, which the Federal Council agrees to despite reservations. The aim is to save resources, recycle material and repair defects instead of throwing them away.
For example, the Commission wants to fine national careless waste disposal with a maximum of 300 francs. The Federal Council and a minority of the Environment Committee reject this. The Federal Council refers to the existing fines for litter in most cantons.
Also on Wednesday, the National Council will debate blood donation. He has a template for embedding the supply of donated blood and blood products to the population in the Medicines Act. The free donation of blood should be made compulsory, as is already the case.
It should also be stipulated that no one is discriminated against if they are excluded from donating blood. If someone is excluded from the donation, it should depend on individual behavior and be scientifically sound. The responsible committee wants to abolish the refusal of sexually active gay men to donate.
Mitholz debate on Thursday
The National Council will deal with the Mitholz ammunition depot near Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland, which exploded and partially collapsed in 1947, on Thursday, the last of three session days.
The Federal Council is asking CHF 2.59 billion for the work, which is expected to take about 25 years. The intention is to remove the dangerous ammunition remains and then restore the area around Mitholz. This is to eliminate the risk of further explosions.
The majority of the responsible National Council Commission now backs the applications – after the Commission initially suspended matters for further clarification, creating uncertainty. An SVP minority wants to return the deal to the Federal Council for further clarification and reassessment of the situation.
27 hours for sessions
The Bureau of the National Council has scheduled a total of 27 hours for meetings on the three session days, as shown in the provisional programme.
Six of the seven members of the Federal Council, namely Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter (59), Economics Minister Guy Parmelin (63), Environment Minister Albert Rösti (55), Interior Minister Alain Berset (51) , Justice Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (59) and Defense Minister Viola Amherd (60) will attend the debates.
The Council of States, on the other hand, does not meet. Special sessions are convened if the regular sessions are not sufficient to clear the business burden. Each council can decide for itself on a special session. (SDA/rus)
Source:Blick
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