Center clearly says yes to the Electricity Act
Published: Saturday, May 25th 2024, 14:01
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On Saturday, the Mitte delegates' meeting unanimously voted in favour of the Electricity Act, which will be put to the vote on June 9. The delegates also decided to vote against the biodiversity initiative.
The biodiversity initiative will be put to the vote on September 22. 102 delegates voted against the initiative, 40 in favor and 17 abstained. The delegates' vote was preceded by a controversial discussion in which Christina Bachmann-Roth, among others, defended the Center Women's Yes to the initiative. St. Gallen National Councillor Markus Ritter, President of the Swiss Farmers' Association (SBV), explained the consequences of the initiative.
The Center Party supported the amendment to the law on a secure electricity supply with renewable energies, or the Energy Cloak Decree for short, with a large majority. The delegates voted in favor by 155 votes to 2 with 2 abstentions.
Fabio Regazzi, a member of the Council of States from Ticino, told the delegates that the amendment to the Electricity Act was important because Switzerland "is not in a position to produce the energy it needs independently and that its dependence on foreign countries is expensive and not without risks". In his opinion, "alternative solutions such as solar or wind energy can only be partial".
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