From the point of view of the State Councilor for Citizen Participation, referendums should not be based on questions of national interest.
There is already the possibility in the Building Code to exclude certain projects of national importance for municipal referendums and to draw them at the state level - “by law and prior public participation,” said Barbara Bosch on Wednesday of the “Südwest Presse”.
Stuttgart - At the municipal level, fundamental issues such as nature conservation or the choice of location are constantly being debated over and over again.
"In the medium term, we should consider deciding fundamental questions about the energy transition, including the right locations for investments in energy transition projects, at the state level."
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Specifically, she named, for example, the referendum in Dettingen unter Teck (Esslingen district), with which the designation of a high-tech location was prevented.
“In general, it cannot be that a community like Dettingen with 5600 inhabitants decides whether the automotive state of Baden-Württemberg will succeed in using climate-friendly drive systems,” she said.
But there will continue to be referendums on local issues.
A dialogical participation of citizens, who are determined by lottery, is generally important.
"Organized groups often set the tone in referendums, and they often pass particular interests off as the common good," she criticized.
“We therefore want to generally strengthen dialogical participation.” Dpa
