Zurich municipal council demands easy-to-understand texts
The City of Zurich is to include summaries in plain language at the beginning of its information materials and produce explanatory videos in simple language: On Wednesday evening, the City Council voted 95 in favor to 13 against to endorse a corresponding motion.
The postulants from the SP and the 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: Samuel Balsiger said that the proposal was a left-wing culture war. "That's not necessary." However, a clear majority deemed the proposal worthy of consideration and referred it to the city council. (SDA/swi)
