sky blue, cap blue, perfect FDP-day! Around 300 FDP-members of the Canton of Zurich gather to tone-in-tone on Saturday morning at pike place at the Limmatquai. They work under the sign “Zurich Fairy-tale theatre frog Prince” of the resident theater as fairy-tale characters and remind us with the blue scarves and hats to a smurf parade for adults. “The chief dwarf!”, welcomes a the government candidate, Thomas and taps him on the shoulder.

the walk across the münster bridge to the Bürkliplatz, the cantonal FDP the “starting shot” for the elections on 24. March. A siren wails, party President Hans-Jakob Boesch reaches for the speakers. And then it almost impossible to hear. As his voice finally penetrates, is that the FDP was not allowed to walk to the sechseläuten square, but on the Bürkliplatz had to Dodge. “But the 1.-May day rally there is allowed!”, Boesch says. The fate of the lesser extent, the free in the red-green city: only the Left be tolerated. “We want to bring in as many as liberal as possible in the cantonal Parliament! We want to bring the Canton of Zurich. We make Zürich.”

As if it were a smurf parade for adults: FDP-members of the pike place. Photo: Samuel Schalch

“More Blue” and a red Ferrari

“We do Zürich” is the election slogan of the FDP chanted during the walk. The starting point is “on the road to the right,” says an organizer, the police. At the top of the FDP-celebrities marched by national councillor Doris Fiala, member of the cantonal government, Carmen Walker Späh and city Council Filippo Leutenegger . To all of you, the blue cap is missing – is known to be a smurf? The front of the members to yell, “FDP! FDP! Meh Blue for Züri!”, in the back rows of the Association to move the tents just mute your lips. The few passers-by watch in amazement at the FDP entourage, the chestnuts seller chanted, a mother with a child says to the father: “De Mauro that sure au debi!” Whereupon he replies: “Hardly. This is the FDP.”

Thomas bird, declares that this walk was an internal occasion, addressed to the own people, to mobilize them for the upcoming work. Most of those present have understood this: The women and men with the blue caps to make Selfies with the councillor candidates photograph. For press images, the train stops at the end of the münster bridge next to a parked red Ferrari. “Is it?”, feixt.

a Lot of warm air

The Talk will highlight the bürkliplatz a few minutes later, that it is now “the content”, as one of the organizers calls in the crowd. The participants were grouped in a semi-circle around a hot-air balloon that is attached with ropes to two Landrovers and a lot of warm air emits. The balloon is supposed to symbolize movement and the dawn, remains on the ground. Once the event is over, will he reduced.

The much-called Slogan: “We do Zürich”. Photo: Samuel Schalch

In the Vote to dominate a simple, short sentences. Walker Späh raises: “We are the economy! We are a business! Why are we in business?” Because the liberals create jobs and regulations drifts. You can roll out the company out the red carpet. Boesch adds: “We also Live!” Because the FDP is advocating for quick and affordable Housing, and building processes, make less bureaucratic.

As the Last bird takes a mega-sized Megaphone, and is applied three times. “Dear …”, is heard only very quietly, then nothing more. In the Background, the cars, the sound of the Tram, that rattles and the hot-air balloon roars and gurgles of the water in the fountain. Bird takes it calmly. With the smaller Megaphone, it works finally. (Tages-Anzeiger)

Created: 19.01.2019, 16:06 PM