Contents Should the tax benefits for e-cars already fall in 2024? The environmental parties do not agree on the marching pace. Jürg Grossen is the country’s top electric car lobbyist. The President of the Green Liberals heads the industry association “Swiss E-Mobility”. He thinks it is wrong to put additional strain on electric cars: “That…
Zurich Cantonal Council – Party change by GLP politician ends climate majority – News – SRF Skip to content News Switzerland Current article Contents GLP politician Isabel Garcia switched to the FDP shortly after the cantonal elections. With this, the Climate Alliance loses its slim majority with regard to the new legislature – there will…
contents Bülent Pekerman (45) is a driving instructor and politician. He is proud to be the first President of the Grand Council of Kurdish origin and GLP politician. A portrait. The Basel Parliament has a new President: Bülent Pekerman. The Great Council elected him on Wednesday with 87 out of 99 votes. This is the…
The Zurich Forum, a grouping of Zurich’s most important business associations, says it is “irritated, shocked and disappointed” by the Green Liberals’ shift to the left. Is it liberal inside where it says liberal? Christian Beutler / Keystone The Zurich GLP sees itself as an ecological and at the same time business-friendly party. In your…
The federal government wants to strengthen local transport by 2050. However, high-speed trains are not an issue. That is why the GLP national councilor Katja Christ submits a postulate. She is demanding a roadmap and a more global vision from the Federal Council. The Gotthard Base Tunnel was a grand vision. Now, however, such are…
Benno Scherrer, the government council candidate of the Green Liberals, sees chaos and a lack of leadership in the Zurich government council. Above all, he means a magistrate. And a little bit of a second. “We are not tax fetishists”: Benno Scherrer, the government council candidate for the Zurich GLP. Annick Ramp / NZZ The…
contents The Ukraine war becomes a stress test for Swiss neutrality. The parties define these differently. Author: Stephanie Caminada Since the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the question has also arisen of how Switzerland should behave in this war. The much-cited Swiss neutrality is currently being defined very differently by the parties. “It’s…
contents The war in Ukraine becomes a stress test for Swiss neutrality. Being neutral has different meanings for the parties. The Green Vice-President Sibel Arslan sharply criticizes the behavior of the GLP. Author: Stephanie Caminada Since the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the question has also arisen of how Switzerland should behave in…
What is a neutral country allowed to do? Specifically: What is Switzerland allowed to do? This question has occupied politicians in recent weeks – and thus also GLP President Jürg Grossen. His Green Liberals go further than any other party in the neutrality debate. In the “Samstagsrundschau” Grossen explains which paths he sees for Switzerland….
A laboratory analysis of GLP. Moderator between the old GLP and the new one: Jürg Grossen, shortly before his election as party president in summer 2017. Monika Flueckiger / EQ On Friday evening, the Green Liberals advanced as far as Switzerland’s Reduit, and the GLP Uri was founded in the Schluuch Bar in Altdorf. In…
A statement by the Green Liberals on their own profiling met with incomprehension on both sides of the Zurich cantonal council. In Zurich, too, a large part of the natural gas comes from Russia. Eric Gaillard / Reuters Two weeks ago, all factions in the Zurich cantonal parliament condemned the Russian army’s attack on Ukraine….
