Vaud banishes journalists to the stands
Despite criticism from the media, journalists will have to follow the proceedings of the Vaud Cantonal Parliament from the gallery in the future. The six seats that had been planned for the semicircular gallery were eliminated during revisions to the renovation project for the parliament building.
After a referendum against the plans for the new roof of the parliament building, which burned down in 2002, the six seats behind the members of the Grand Council were renounced and the journalists were relegated to the tribune. A collective of about 40 journalists from Vaud protested against this. They criticized the greater distance to the politicians. In a joint response to the collective, the responsible State Councilor Pascal Broulis (FDP) and the Grand Council President Grévory Devaud (FDP) reiterated the solution on Tuesday. They referred to the parliaments in the cantons of Geneva, Bern and Valais, where the media professionals (SDA)
