Conflict in Ukraine –A Bernese councilor “happy” that war is not over
Christoph Neuhaus was delighted that the conflict was not finished, for fear of an increase in construction costs.
Bernese councilor Christoph Neuhaus seemed to think that the end of the war in Ukraine would be bad news for the construction sector.
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Would the end of the war in Ukraine be bad news for the construction sector? In any case, this is what Christoph Neuhaus, the Bernese Councilor of State for Public Works and Transport, seems to think, reports the “Bund” Wednesday.
The German -fashioned daily explains that the incident took place on the occasion of the start of the work of the future Bienne campus. And it is in an interview with the SRF That the elected official UDC spoke of the conflict: “I am also happy at the moment that the war in Ukraine is not yet finished. If we rebuild there, there will be enormous increase in construction costs. ”
Christoph Neuhaus s’excuse
The article of the “Bund” details that the Bernese Council of State reacted Wednesday afternoon. The latter explains that he “read the radio interview” and underlines that he “expressly distanting this declaration.”
Christoph Neuhaus, during the laying of the first stone of the Bernese high school campus in Bienne, on May 6, 2025.
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-For his part, Christoph Neuhaus also retracted quickly, qualifying his extremely unhappy declaration and apologizing, reports the Bernese newspaper.
Questioned by the “Bund”, Christoph Reichenau, member of a Bernese association helping people who fled Ukraine, described the words of the “Cynic” State Councilor.
He also believes that peace in Ukraine “should have a lot of value for us in Switzerland”. And this, despite the fact that construction costs could increase.
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Laure Schmidt Is a trainee journalist in the Swiss-World-Economy section of the Tamedia editorial staff since September 2023. She studied social sciences and psychology at the University of Lausanne.More info
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