It is you who said it August 20

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For decades, the Swiss have observed with dismay the gabelia that has reigned in the world, congratulating themselves that their institutions and especially the integrity of their authorities make such a situation impossible in our country.

Everywhere, the health level declines: the cost of remedies and medical insurance becomes exorbitant. Countless people can no longer afford accommodation due to land speculation. Employees are dismissed before retirement age to make room for younger and cheaper replacements.

On the part of governments, no will, no authority, no responsibility; Eyes in the sky, they invoke the requirements of the divine law law. They pay fortunes to exotic “consultants” instead of taking into account the remarks of their employees and user citizens. Everywhere, national debts are ruinous and the rich pay less and less taxes. Peasants, craftsmen, entrepreneurs and their employees are stifled by procedures and paperwork. The quality of life of peoples is sacrificed for the benefit of multinational societies and their subcontractors.

Recently, in a small country, one of the two large banks went bankrupt without the official control body sanctioning its directors or that the minister of guardianship having the government, probably by pure patriotism. No one is aware of this other state where, to strengthen its flying military hardware store, the government has imposed the choice of an unfinished, dangerous machine, and whose costs are constantly growing, while its experts recommended the existing and functional plane sold by a neighboring country.

Thank God, we do not undergo any of this in Switzerland, because our leaders act as always with honesty and foresight, in the deepest respect for the sovereign people.

Lausanne

It is the duty of the municipality of Lausanne to find a balance between the urban development And the economic survival of the local shopping fabric, especially in the districts affected by heavy, long and often poorly coordinated sites. And it is not by creating positions of “delegate to …” at everything that the problem will be resolved. What is needed is a set of concrete and achievable measures to mitigate the impact of construction sites on traders. Here are some of them: create an interservice coordination unit (mobility, architecture, companies, etc.) to avoid successive sites or overlapping unnecessarily in the same street, and limit sites of sites by calls for tenders incorporating late penalties and anticipated completion bonuses.

It is also necessary to provide for the establishment of a temporary compensation fund (subject to an objectifying drop in turnover) for hard -hit shops, tax reductions or temporary exemptions from certain local taxes (terraces, advertising, waste), the implementation of vouchers or municipal discounts to be spent in impacted shops.

Other measures: a positive municipal communication campaign around the businesses concerned, the establishment of visible and attractive signage (banners, ground stickers, totems) to guide customers to shops, the creation of an application or interactive card indicating open shops despite the work. Without forgetting to provide animations during the work.

Works everywhere, customers nowhere? Let us support our merchants, avoid asphyxiation of local trade. Better plan, better inform, better compensate. It’s now or never.

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