Weakened during the last federal elections, marginalized in Bern on climate issues or biodiversity, the Swiss Greens are holding a great revenge this Sunday in front of the people, who supported their referendum against the widening of the highways.
In a press release published Sunday afternoon, the party evokes “a historic success in transport policy (…) Thanks to our long-standing commitment to greener and more efficient mobility, we have succeeded in rallying the population to our vision of the future of mobility, which does not involve concreting, but rather climate-friendly mobility.”
Certainly, environmentalists had already won with the climate law or the renewable energy law, but this victory against its nemesis, the highways, is the most precious. Its president, Lisa Mazzone, is over the moon this Sunday: “Our in-depth work has convinced the population who did not let themselves be fooled: they mobilized against a mobility policy of the past.”
For national councilor Delphine Klopfenstein Broggini: “Curities and villages must be better served by public transport. Money from the agglomeration fund must now be allocated to the development of public transport, active mobility and the renovation of existing motorways, in particular for protection against noise.
As for the billions saved with this popular decision. the Geneva elected official specifies: “Traffic is one of the main causes of CO2 emissions and plays a direct role in global warming such as heat, drought and floods. This money must be invested in protection against the consequences of global warming, particularly in mountain regions.
