Opening of the BEA

As guest of honour, Alain Berset opens the 69th BEA at Bernexpo, the first after a two-year break, before some 750 guests, including Adolf Ogi and State Councillors Beatrice Simon and Astrid Bärtschi.

A speech full of humour on the fair’s motto, “1000 Gründe, länger zu bleiben”, a dangerous one for a politician. Then the assessment: the Federal Council sought a balance between protecting health and social and economic life; the pandemic is not over; he thanks the trade fair and events sector, which was hard hit.

Speeches on this site

• Ouverture de la BEA 2022 (in German, French-language page)

Sources

• BEA, press release of 4 May 2022
• Keystone-SDA via plattformj.ch