Federal Council election Green parliamentary group has not yet decided on election recommendation
The Green parliamentary group has not yet decided on an election recommendation after hearing the two centrist candidates for the Federal Council. It will only do so on Wednesday morning, shortly before the election date. This was announced by parliamentary group leader Aline Trede on Tuesday.
11.03.2025, 17:14
SDA
The parliamentary group had asked Markus Ritter and Martin Pfister a lot of questions, the Bernese National Councillor reported from the hearing. "They answered them more or less to our satisfaction." Nevertheless, Trede made no secret of the fact that her parliamentary group was not satisfied with the ticket.
Because regardless of whether Pfister or Ritter wins the race in the end, a quarter of voters are still not represented in the Federal Council. There is also the generational issue. "No matter who is elected: The Federal Council is a body in which everyone was born in the same eight years."
There was a big discussion in the parliamentary group about why the third-largest party did not manage to have a balanced ticket. Women are also underrepresented in the Federal Council. And the topics of climate, environment and biodiversity are "extremely underrepresented" in the government.
"That worries us," said Trede. After all, the two centrist candidates had assured the Greens that they would recognize their role in climate issues and progress for the climate and that their doors were open to the Greens. "We are the largest opposition party in this House and want to hold them to that."
The Green parliamentary group will decide on Wednesday morning whether or not to make an election recommendation. And even if it does not contest the centrist seat, it intends to claim a seat on the Federal Council in the next Federal Council elections, as Trede said.
