Councillor green, female, and younger

on Sunday completed Council of States , the power at the beginning of December, for the first time to work is greener, younger, and female. Twelve women take a new one in the Stöckli space; as many as never before. The balance of the two chambers, however, was not being overturned as a whole. The Council of States remains a center-Right Bastion.

The overall result in the Small chamber is a reflection of the development in the national Council, if in attenuated Form. The Greens have quintupled their presence in seat moderately (4 seats), the women have doubled their number of seats, and the average age in the Stöckli is decreased.

Overall, a true blood held a refresher, 22 new members have to sit in the Stöckli. 19 previous stands, councillors and Ständeräte had not run, were with Werner Hösli (SVP/GL), Beat Vonlanthen (CVP/FR) and Filippo Lombardi (CVP/TI), of which three are deselected.

the Biggest loser in the SP, which as a whole lost three of their 12 seats. This also has to do with this, that you had to replace all of the parties have by far the most seats, seven Previous to occurred. The CVP had four, the FDP also four announced retirements, the SVP two.

Green is on the rise in Bern: Florence Brenzikofer (l.) congratulates her party colleague Maya Graf for election to the Council of States. (Keystone/Georgios Kefalas/24. November 2019)

The cantons of Valais and Fribourg sent a woman for the first time ever in the Council of States. The secondment of the Green consists of four women and one man: Mathias Zopfi (GL), as well as Céline Vara (NE), Lisa Mazzone (GE), Adèle Thorens (VD) and Maya Graf (BL). Despite the three losses of the SP, the Left, was nevertheless able to increase your strength in the Council of States, with the new 14 instead of 13 Seats easily.

CVP and the FDP remain the top dogs in the small chamber

The Council of States remains a center-Right Bastion. The strongest force is the CVP, which comes in spite of a seat loss of 13 seats remain. The second strongest party in the Council of States, the FDP, was able to keep its 12 mandates remains. The free intimate with the 31-year-old she Johanna Gapany, the youngest ever in the Council of States elected a woman.

While the SVP had to leave the national Council, belonging to the springs, could you expose in the Council of States at a low level and now represents six Ständeräte, with the non-Party Thomas Minder, there are seven. In the Canton of Bern, you brought back with Werner Salzmann the headquarters of the BDP, this is not represented in the Council of States. In Ticino, the seat profit managed Marco Chiesa at the expense of the FDP.

And in the Aargau SVP brought back the eight years ago at the SP lost the seat. A seat was lost in the Canton of Schwyz, with the election of the national councillor Pirmin schwander. The voters-strongest party overall continues to be difficult in the case of major zwahlen.

the Federal government in Bern to continue from the SVP

dominated The political weight of the Federal house dome has shifted significantly to Green. Green and green-liberal in the National Council and Council of States, with 30 additional members represented. 96 of the 246 seats picked up women. Place deer remains in spite of severe losses, but the SVP. The balance between the councils remains stable overall.

With 96 Seats, the proportion of women increases in the Federal Parliament on a total of approximately 39 percent. In the national Council, he is now 42 per cent, in the Council of States at 26 percent. Thus, the Switzerland, Europe and worldwide, in the meantime, let see.

taken together, the results of the National Council and Council of States, the SVP comes in spite of eleven seat losses by Party Thomas Minder is still at 60 mandates in the Federal councils, which include a total of 246 seats.

number two, in spite of a seven-seat loss in the SP with 48 Seats. The third strongest force, the FDP remains, despite the five losses, with 41 seats. The CVP remains with 38 Seats, thanks to its pole position in the Council of States and, despite the green wave's fourth most powerful force in the Federal house dome. It is one of the three seats of the group, partner, EVP and BDP, is this the middle of Alliance with 44 Seats even before the free-minded.

Green roll over everyone and everything

With 21 additional mandates have the Green all over and the clear choice winner. Delegate new 33 members in the two councils. The green liberal new 16 representatives of the people, all in the national Council. Has been plucked, the BDP, which has lost five of its eight mandates, and even with three people is represented.

In the national Council have the Civic (incl. Lega and MCG) lost its majority of 101 Seats and still have 85 members (incl. EDU and Lega). To the left was green with 69 Seats never been so close to the citizens block. The center with CVP and the GLP as a whole easily and can count to 46 seats (incl. EPP and BDP).

Based on the two councils playing a purely moderate numbers, depending on the political situation in the middle of parties to tip the scales. SVP and FDP combined with the 103 seats (incl. EDU and Lega), SP and Green, to 83 seats (incl. PdA and SOL). The centrist parties CVP, BDP, EVP and GLP unite 60 seats.

As the Council of States is, however, placed clearly in civil, the political balance between the councils in spite of the left slide in the national Council largely stable. It can, depending on the topic of different majorities. (fal/sda)

Created: 24.11.2019, 16:27 PM