In December, the city Council has requested the municipal Council to declare the people’s initiative “New jobs, instead of Car-Parking spaces” for invalid. The IG Congress city of Zürich and the initiative Committee are convinced of the legitimacy of your people’s desire to pull back this now but, as you told last night. “Against the frontal resistance of the city Council and a red-green majority in the municipal Council, a referendum campaign is not going to be win”, to justify the withdrawal.
for similar reasons, the Initiative has lost the public support of the University and ETH Zurich. The two large educational institutions, held it in spite of the interest of a large Convention center is not proper to refer to a political conflict against the Council, you are currently in a number of large projects are involved. Behind the Initiative, FDP, SVP, CVP, as well as economic associations and companies – in particular, the hotel industry stood last.
left-Green plans of their own
the people’s initiative was Triggered by a Motion from left-wing circles, the dream of non-profit apartments in the Area directly next to the main train station. This initiative, in the fall of 2017, transferred, required for this urban place a quarter-friendly development in an “open process”, but excludes a Congress building explicitly. Was filed he, among other things, of the Green, Karin Rykart, who is now the elected councillor.
The IG, Congress, the city intends to work with other agents but still for a new Convention centre in Zurich. Because the needs have changed nothing, it is said in the message. Zurich is with the existing infrastructure is not a location for large international congresses. Also the Renovation of the old Congress house on the lake will not improve this Situation. (on/stroke/sda)
Created: 22.01.2019, 09:13 PM
