Accessibility Zurich municipal council demands texts that are easy to understand

The City of Zurich should provide summaries of its information in plain language and produce simple explanatory videos: The municipal council backed a corresponding postulate on Wednesday evening with 95 votes in favor and 13 against.

The postulants from the SP and Greens stated that the information provided by the city - for example on municipal votes - does not reach everyone today.

The city must strive to communicate even more inclusively, said Anna-Béatrice Schmaltz (Greens). People with a mental impairment, reading difficulties or with a non-German first language also need to understand the information in order to be able to contribute. More measures are therefore needed to "improve the accessibility, clarity, comprehensibility and legibility of official communication", added Leah Heuri (SP).

Only the SVP spoke out against the postulate: The motion was a left-wing culture war, said Samuel Balsiger. "That is not necessary." However, a clear majority deemed the proposal worthy of consideration and referred it to the city council.

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