A Green in the Federal Council: Take one of the two PS seats, the end of the environmental taboo

– Take one of the two PS seats, the end of the environmental taboo

The group refuses to attack a socialist armchair frontally, but a fringe does not say no, if it is the right that offers it to them on a platter.

Posted today at 07:10

The Greens – here Lisa Mazzone (GE) Aline Trede (BE) and Balthasar Glättli (ZH) on October 18 – criticized the lack of support from their PS allies, announcing that they were renouncing to launch a candidacy against the UDC seat in the Federal Council .

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To ensure that the message got through, the Greens repeated it several times. If the party does not launch into the race for the Federal Council against the SVP, it is because it cannot even count on the support of its socialist allies. “There is no need to apply when the bets are already made: even Tamara Funiciello (PS / BE) declares that the SVP is of course entitled to its two seats”, declared President Glättli again before the assembly of the Greens on Saturday.

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