The Canton of Vaud government has not decided on a Moratorium on the Installation of 5G antennas. The Council of state clarified the appropriate statement of Ratskollegin Jacqueline de Quattro (FDP) in the Canton Parliament.

you have not decided, the establishment of 5G antennas for mobile communications to suspend, say it in a media release, the government on Tuesday. There is no Moratorium in this matter. The Council of state will examine this question, however, he writes in the context of answer to a Resolution of the Grossrats Raphaƫl Mahaim (Green).

a Few hours earlier, de Quattro in the Canton of Parliament, had spoken of a Moratorium. This applies at least up to a summer expected report of the Federal office for the environment (FOEN).

Resolution accepted

After a long debate, the Parliament approved the Resolution, finally, with 95 votes to 9 with 25 abstentions. The deputies modified the Text slightly, and laid down a time frame. Mahaim requested that the Moratorium “applies, at least” until the appearance of the FOEN report. The majority of the Parliament, however, for a more precise formulation. Over the further course of action should be decided when the results of the report were available.

report of the Federal

Until mid-2019 to compose a working group under the leadership of the FOEN, a report with recommendations to the field of mobile communications and radiation. The use of the working group had been initiated by the former Federal councillor Doris Leuthard last fall.

With the award of the 5G frequencies at the beginning of February, the discussion on the health hazards of mobile Phone radiations in Switzerland has been launched. (mac/sda)

Created: 09.04.2019, 19:30 Uhr