Geneva Greens plan initiative as CERN's public consultation on new collider ends
The Geneva Green party will unveil a popular initiative to let citizens weigh in on CERN's proposed Future Circular Collider, after a public consultation concluded.
CERN's public consultation on the Future Circular Collider, a 91-kilometre circular tunnel meant to supersede the aging LHC, concluded with a final evening event at Uni-Mail. The outreach effort comprised around sixty meetings across Geneva and the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie, drawing about 2,000 attendees, according to CERN institutional relations officer Yann Léchevin. Meanwhile, the Geneva Greens have declined to provide further comment and have pointed to a press conference scheduled for next week, where they will introduce a cantonal popular initiative aimed at granting the population a direct voice on the project.
The party's move seeks to formalize public input that the earlier consultation was intended to gather. CERN stressed that no definitive assessment of the collider's progress is being made yet, describing one outlet stage as one of continued listening.
