Daniel Leupi wants to represent the Greens in the Council of States
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- 02 Sep 2022
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With the resignation of Ruedi Noser, a seat on the Council of States in Bern will become vacant from October 2023. The FDP politician has been in the Council of States since 2015 and announced at the end of June that he would not run again in the next elections. This means that the Zurich FDP seat is in limbo. The FDP announced at the same time as resigning that National Councilor Regine Sauter would run for the seat. Sauter, the director of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce and in the Federal Palace since 2015, is now facing competition.
Climate and living space as the main topics
Because now the Greens politician Daniel Leupi has also announced his candidacy, as he says in an interview with the newspapers from CH Media . Leupi has been a member of the Zurich City Council since 2010 and Chief Financial Officer since 2013. In federal Bern, he wants to focus on sustainability, climate and the environment, but urban issues such as affordable housing are also underrepresented. "The federal government shines on this topic with its absence," says Leupis. Read More…
