Anzeiger Region Bern: City to join municipal association

The city government believes that the editorial process for the Anzeiger should be streamlined.

The editorship of the Anzeiger Region
Bern is to be simplified. The newspaper is currently published by the city of
Bern and an association of the surrounding municipalities together
issued. Both the city and the association represent the
production companies as contractual partners and coordinate the
business within the framework of joint management. This
solution would require separate resolutions on both sides of the
responsible bodies, according to a press release. Now the
Bern's city government requests parliament to join the
community association. This would allow a single organization for all
involved municipalities, commissioning third parties and
contracts, writes the municipal information service. The
Although joining the association would give the city certain decision-making powers
because it is no longer them but the association that makes the decisions regarding
falls on the publication of the scoreboard. According to the
Communication but takes into account the special situation of the city of Berne
and adopted new regulations that provide the city with appropriate
rights of co-determination and co-decision. According to the
Parliament, the bill must also be approved by the electorate before
it can be implemented.

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