Grand Council BE The decisions of the Bernese Grand Council

On Tuesday, the Bernese cantonal parliament

- decided to amend six laws because Moutier is about to be transferred to the canton of Jura.

- decided to continue with the digital collection of signatures.

- voted 77 in favour, 73 against and one abstention in favour of Bernese municipalities being able to grant foreigners the right to vote in future. It passed a motion to this effect. As this will result in a change to the law, the people will have the final say.

- It was also learned that Nils Fiechter (SVP) had withdrawn his motion to cancel the cantonal audio signet project. As this was a directive motion, the government would have had quite a lot of leeway in implementing the request if it had been accepted.

- decided that the three national churches will receive CHF 29.4 million annually for the years 2026 to 2031 for their services to society as a whole.

- decided to support its regional nature parks and the Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site with a total of CHF 7.478 million from 2025 to 2028.

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