French-speaking Switzerland also hopes to be heard with new Director General
Published: Saturday, May 25th 2024, 14:50
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Politicians from French-speaking Switzerland hope that French-speaking Switzerland will not lose its influence within SRG despite the appointment of a new German-speaking Director General. Factors other than origin are important.
Baptiste Hurni (SP/NE), member of the National Council's Committee for Transport and Telecommunications (KVF-N), told the Keystone-SDA news agency that it was not so much the origin of the Director General that was decisive for the quality of the content, but rather the SRG's overall budget.
French-speaking Switzerland would therefore have to fear that SRG's funding would be cut - particularly in connection with a possible reduction in fees. In times of tight budgets, the linguistic minorities in particular would suffer, he said.
Regional directors must act
Marianne Maret (center/VS), President of the Committee for Transport and Telecommunications of the Council of States (KVF-S), did not deny that the new SRG Director could well be "somewhat more distant" from the Romands, as she had previously only worked for German-language media. But now it is also up to the regional directors, in particular RTS Director Pascal Crittin, to do more to make the voices of minorities heard.
KVF-N member Delphine Klopfenstein Broggini (Greens/GE), for her part, hopes that the new director's origin will not become a risk for French-speaking Switzerland. In her opinion, the new SRG management must pay "special attention" to French-speaking Switzerland.
This is because the media landscape in French-speaking Switzerland has suffered greatly in recent years - more so than that of German-speaking Switzerland. Added to this are the challenges associated with the relocation of RTS to the EPFL campus in Lausanne and the debate about reducing radio and television fees, said the Geneva native.
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