Basel-Stadt council processes four written inquiries without votations.

June 26, 2026

On June 24, 2026, the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt held a meeting where four written inquiries were discussed but no formal votes took place. The inquiries, covering local issues like PFAS contamination and voting access, are currently being processed by the government.

Photo: Sabine Schneeberger, Parlamentssaal Kanton Basel-Stadt, on Multimedia-Datenbank BS, licensed under cc-by-2.0.

On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt held its most recent meeting of the year, which consisted of two sittings. During this session, the council discussed four matters, but no formal votations took place.

All four matters discussed were Schriftliche Anfragen, or written inquiries. Each of these inquiries is currently in the status of "In Bearbeitung," meaning they are being processed by the government. The matters covered a range of local issues, including PFAS contamination in waters and fish, voting access for Swiss abroad and people with disabilities, improvements to a bicycle route on Riehenstrasse, and quality of life and safety in the Klybeck and Kleinhüningen neighborhoods.

Because there were no votations, there are no accepted or rejected votes to report. The absence of any votes suggests that this meeting was dedicated entirely to receiving and assigning these written inquiries for government response, rather than making final decisions on legislation.


Table 1: Summary of Votations on 2026-06-25


Table 2: Voting Outcomes by Political Fraction (2026-06-25)


Table 3: List of Political Matters on 2026-06-25
Matter Type Title
26.5262 Schriftliche Anfrage Schriftliche Anfrage Brigitte Kühne betreffend PFAS-Belastung in Gewässern und Fischen im Kanton Basel-Stadt
26.5263 Schriftliche Anfrage Schriftliche Anfrage Philip Karger betreffend Teilnahme-Möglichkeiten von Auslandschweizerinnen und -Schweizern sowie von Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen an den Volksabstimmungen vom 14. Juni 2026
26.5271 Schriftliche Anfrage Schriftliche Anfrage Jérôme Thiriet betreffend Verbesserung der Veloroute an der Riehenstrasse
26.5265 Schriftliche Anfrage Schriftliche Anfrage Alex Ebi betreffend Lebensqualität und Sicherheit in den Quartieren Klybeck und Kleinhüningen: Wann entlastet der Regierungsrat die gebeutelten Quartiere?

Data source: Parliament: Political Proceedings
Additional resources: Grosser Rat des Kantons Basel-Stadt

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