Music Young SVP calls referendum against ESC loan in Zurich
Following the EDU Switzerland's widespread threat of a referendum against all loans to venues for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), the Junge SVP in Zurich is taking serious action: it is launching a referendum against the city's 20 million loan.
09.07.2024, 17:45
SDA
The young party announced this in a communiqué on Tuesday evening. It argues that the loan for "such a controversial major event" is in no way justified. It is disconcerting that public funds are supporting an event that is being misused for political statements.
The Young SVP mentions the introduction of a third gender and "blatant anti-Semitism". At the ESC in Malmö, anti-Semitism and discrimination were tolerated without reflection. The Young SVP is taking the referendum in order to "strengthen our understanding of a free and tolerant society" and to protect the standing of the city of Zurich.
