time is of The essence. The CO2-law expire at the end of 2020, and its successor regime is not yet ready. Thus, the climate policy up to 2030, more in the balance. After the Failure in the national Council and the Council of States until this fall, has adopted the revised law, with occasional tightening of the rules compared to the proposal of the Federal Council, for example, a flight ticket tax, or a Near-ban on Oil heaters in the event of a heating system renewal, starting in 2023.
It identified seemed to be that the national Council is advised in the winter session, which begins in less than two weeks, the business. But now it is spring. This is one of the recently published session programme: The revision of the law is not appear on the agenda. Responsible for the fourteen-member office of the national Council, which, among other things, the group’s President are members. The office considered the time for an orderly running of the business as too short, confirmed SP-group-in-chief Roger Nordmann .
CO2 law could? crash
Why The preparatory Committee of the national Council of bends next week for a second Time on the template. If you are not able to advise the business done would have to be redesigned in the session programme a few days before the session start strong, since the revision of the law is very extensive.
In the other case would be to evaluation of the offices, the time limit is too short, to create the 75-page law of the flag, as well as to discuss the template in the groups. Nordmann yourself and with him, the red-green camp wanted to bring the business in December in the Council – so the new law can come after the anticipated referendum vote, if possible, at the beginning of 2021 in force. He was disappointed, but could understand the organizational concerns, the SP-group-in-chief.
The red-green camp seems determined to keep the template of the Council of States more or less as it presents itself now. To SP and Green failure seems to be the risk of the looming referendum vote. But in particular the Greens stand for their historic electoral success under pressure to succeed. You are embarked on, the avert how you say it – “climate catastrophe and to reduce CO2 emissions”. The Federal Council and Parliament should be based on the ambitious goal, to be by 2030 in a climate-neutral – not in 2050, as the government intends, had President Regula Rytz required shortly before the elections.
Against this Background, call it bourgeois parliamentarians as “cowardly” that the Greens support the submission of the Council of States good – a template that is not suitable according to climate experts, to halve, by the year 2030 the CO2. The Green press in the treatment of the new CO2-law on the pace, is also an expression of fear – fear of the new group members, suggest the bourgeois politicians, the discussion in the office of the national Council.
The Green group is one of the 28 members, 17 more than in the past. In the case of the Green, it is said, there was a concern that could overload the New, intoxicated by their victory, the law, for example, a gasoline price increase will not, as planned, to a maximum of 12 cents per Liter, but 20 or more. (Read here: How to tax the climate is turning?)
voting people’s idea of a joke?
national Council Bastien Girod denies this. The strategy, to the rapid treatment of the CO2-law, had been supported by the “Green environmental LTD” in an Advisory vote, unanimously. This internal party Committee of eight Elected and two Former belong to. In the agreement, Zurich also States that the Green supply now, since they are stronger than ever in the obligation, results, and backing out will make: “We will contribute all of our demands in this legislature.”
It was but a matter of seriousness and of respect for the parliamentary processes, in the settlement of differences of the CO2-law does not, once again, very new, or very much further amendments, says Girod: “this is Because for new concepts we need to have a consultation, so we can integrate the many forces and on Board.”
So should the voting public probably by the end of 2020 or early 2021, on the new climate policy up to 2030, with probably a short half-life. The red-green camp has already announced that it will request the parliamentary method tightening or new points to bring about the integration of the Swiss financial market in the climate policy strategy of the Federal government or a vigorous Expansion of renewable energies. Tightening so soon after the ballot? Girod sees no Verschaukelung Vote in the referendum: This could vote on all the changes in the law.
Created: 19.11.2019, 16:49 PM
