In January, more than 1.7 million people in Bavaria have a people’s desire for an ecological agriculture is pronounced, and thus massive pressure on the state government to be exercised. This has now reacted.
It is a great success for the initiators of the people’s desire to “Save the bees”: their claims should be the law. “We take the Text of the people desire one-to-one,” said the Bavarian Prime Minister, Markus Söder, after consultation of the ruling groups of the CSU and the Free voters in Munich, Germany. There could still be some corrections and clarifications. The initiators of the referendum had even acknowledged that some technical issues could be improved.
The draft law on the basis of the people’s desire to be part of a larger package for more environmental and species protection in Bavaria, Söder. “We’re on the subject of Ecology no more half-measures.” The implementation of the package will also cost money. Söder language of about 75 million euros.
A great success
In January and February, more than 1.7 million people had, or 18.3 percent of all Voters, the referendum. On Twitter, the supporters celebrate the fact that your requirements should be a law, as a full success.
The referendum provides for a significant reduction of pesticides in Bavaria, more Blühwiesen are to be created and organic farming is legally prescribed. After the referendum, a round table was set up, and also because farmers felt marginalised. Despite previous skepticism, the Bavarian farmers ‘ associations had not accepted the claims but in the end, for the most part. The Landtag in Bavaria to agree to the draft law of the people’s desire, there would be no referendum necessary.
lh/sti (dpa, afp)