Zug,07.01.2009
Manager integration encounters green criticism
The canton supports the internet news site „The Zug Post“ with 30,000 francs. That irritates one National Councilman.
On the homepage www.thezugpost.ch English-speaking people who live and work in canton Zug now have a news platform with regional information on events and news about politics, economy, culture and sport.
Information first
The canton of Zug is supporting the project with a grant for 30,000 francs. “It makes sense to provide these expats with a medium to inform themselves in English” finds Gianni Bomio, General Secretary of the Zuger Department of Economic Affairs. “ It doesn’t make much sense for the so-called expats – mostly highly qualified employees who are employed for international companies and often leave the country after a couple of years – to learn German. Currently there are around 5,000 English-speaking expats living in Zug.
Unfair Special Treatment
Zuger National Councilman (Green Party) Josef Lang doesn’t think too much of the idea. “It can’t be that we expect construction workers to make a big effort to integrate and then don’t expect the same from a Manager”. They are sitting in their villas, screened off from the local population, their children in private schools, he tells the Tages Anzeiger. In addition, often these expats settle in Zug, a fact which Bomio confirmed.
Source/Media Partner: Neue Zuger Zeitung