Failure of a reform: The Geneva Grand Council does not want the vote at 16

– The Grand Council of Geneva does not want the vote at 16

The left-wing project to grant political rights from the age of 16 did not make it through parliament on Thursday.

Published: 09.22.2022, 8:38 p.m.

Many young people have mobilized in recent years to demand action against climate change – as here in March 2019 – but this was not enough to convince the majority of deputies to grant them the right to vote. from 16 years old.

LAURENT GUIRAUD

Like Zurich recently and the canton of Vaud last year, Geneva will not grant the right to vote from the age of 16. On Thursday, the Grand Council refused to take this step by 48 votes to 38. The majority was made up of the PLR, the UDC, the MCG, while part of the Center was in favor of the project. Opposite, the PS and Ensemble à Gauche voted compact, but the Greens were not unanimous.

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