Zurich municipal council demands easy-to-understand texts
The City of Zurich should provide summaries of its information in plain language and produce simple explanatory videos: The municipal council backed a corresponding postulate on Wednesday evening with 95 votes in favor and 13 against.
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)
