2024-01-28 11:22:47
Published28. January 2024, 12:22
Votes of March 3: The UDC and the Greens give their recommendations
Gathered in an assembly on Saturday, the UDC and the Greens took an official position on the next votes. Not surprisingly, the two parties’ recommendations are not the same.
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The Swiss will vote on March 3 on two popular initiatives.
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Nearly a month before the popular votes of March 3, the assemblies of delegates from political parties are multiplying. After the PLR last weekend, the UDC and the Greens met on Saturday to agree on their voting recommendations.
Some of the UDC delegates gathered in Bürglen (UR) were opposed to the initiative on raising the retirement age. This, in particular because the initiators, namely the Young Liberal-Radicals, had “dirty” the UDC in the past. “Don’t do it for young liberals”, but vote yes, replied Christoph Blocher, defender of this text which “will save the AVS”. The assembly finally decided, by 216 votes for, 102 against and 2 abstentions, to support the initiative.
The Greens speak out unanimously
On the Green side, the discussions were less lively. The party delegates unanimously spoke out against the text, deemed “socially very unjust”. And for good reason, according to them, an increase in the retirement age would harm people who do not have a high level of education and income, “because they live shorter lives and in less good health”.
The delegates of the Green Party also unanimously declared themselves in favor of the initiative for a 13th AVS pension. “The number of retirees living in precarious conditions continues to grow. And if life expectancy increases, the years of rest in good health decrease. Acceptance of the text would therefore “substantially improve” the situation of retirees so that they can live more dignifiedly.
The UDC rejects the 13th annuity
A speech to which the Valais UDC Jean-Luc Addor could have adhered. In Bürglen, he was the only speaker to defend the 13th pension, arguing that “the defense of retirees cannot be the task of the left alone.”
But he came up against stubborn opponents. Federal councilors Albert Rösti and Guy Parmelin took the floor to criticize an initiative that was too costly, especially for “young people and the middle class”. Arguments which visibly convinced the assembly, which decided to recommend the rejection of the text by 301 votes against, 34 for and 13 abstentions.
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