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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231121
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SUMMARY:Courtesy visit by Viktor Orbán
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset and the head of the FDFA\, Ignazio Cassis\, receive Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Berne for a courtesy visit. The initiative came from Budapest. \nOn the agenda: bilateral relations\, Hungary as a beneficiary of the Swiss cohesion contribution (vocational training\, research\, innovation)\, the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2024\, the Middle East and Ukraine. Switzerland restates its aim to “stabilise and develop the bilateral path” with the European Union. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.11.2023\nswissinfo.ch\, 22.11.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/courtesy-visit-by-viktor-orban/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231117
DTSTAMP:20261020T173240Z
CREATED:20261015T202206Z
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SUMMARY:State visit by Emmanuel Macron
DESCRIPTION:The full Federal Council welcomes Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron on the Bundesplatz\, with military honours. Alain Berset gives the welcome speech in the Hall of the Federal Palace. He starts from Jean-Luc Godard\, “Solitude is not isolation”\, traces Switzerland’s political debt to France\, from 1798 to 1848\, and concludes: “Our world is bleeding.” \nThe talks cover bilateral relations\, the bilateral path with the European Union\, the Security Council and International Geneva. Two texts are signed: a joint declaration on research into the cryosphere and the Alps\, and a declaration of intent on student mobility. At the press conference: “Switzerland is profoundly European\, by its geographical position\, but also by its values and its culture.” \nOn 16 November\, the two presidents visit the Jean Monnet Foundation in Lausanne and debate Europe with students of the University of Lausanne. Emmanuel Macron ends his visit at CERN. \nWednesday 15 November 2023 — Berne\n\nOfficial welcome and military honours on the Bundesplatz\nSpeech in the Hall of the Federal Palace\nOfficial talks\, signing of two declarations\nJoint press conference\n\nThursday 16 November 2023 — Lausanne\n\nVisit to the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe\nDebate “Parlons Europe” with students of the University of Lausanne\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nVisite d’État d’Emmanuel Macron (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 15.11.2023\nÉlysée\, 15.11.2023\nswissinfo.ch\, 15.11.2023\nallnews.ch\, 15.11.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/state-visit-by-emmanuel-macron/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231114
DTSTAMP:20261020T173239Z
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SUMMARY:3rd Life Sciences Cluster Forum of the Basel Chamber of Commerce
DESCRIPTION:At the 3rd Life Sciences Cluster Forum of the Handelskammer beider Basel\, “Zusammenarbeit als Schlüssel für ein nachhaltiges digitales Gesundheitswesen”\, in the Gehry auditorium on the Novartis campus\, Alain Berset speaks after the welcome by the Chamber’s President\, National Councillor Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter\, and a presentation by Ann Aerts of the Novartis Foundation. He talks about the Basel pharmaceutical hub and digital health. A cluster\, he says\, is a very Swiss paradox: competitors who grow stronger by strengthening the others. He compares it to the Federal Council. \nThe health system does not suffer from a lack of digital technology but from a lack of coordination; he cites nine different codes for the female sex. Hence the DigiSanté programme and the health data space\, to which the pharmaceutical industry must contribute. He concludes on the longevity of the Basel location\, at the world’s top for 150 years: its success factors are “weder analog noch digital. Sondern real”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nChambre de commerce des deux Bâle (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nHandelskammer beider Basel\, programme of the 3rd Life Sciences Cluster Forum
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/3rd-life-sciences-cluster-forum-of-the-basel-chamber-of-commerce/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231111
DTSTAMP:20261020T173239Z
CREATED:20261015T202159Z
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SUMMARY:Paris: UNESCO\, Polar Summit and Paris Peace Forum
DESCRIPTION:Arriving from the Vatican\, Alain Berset attends the 42nd UNESCO General Conference on 9 November. He holds talks with the Director-General\, Audrey Azoulay\, and takes part in a panel on climate and biodiversity. In the evening\, Emmanuel Macron receives the heads of state and government attending the Paris Peace Forum at the Élysée. \nOn 10 November\, he attends the opening of the Forum at the Palais Brongniart\, then goes to the One Planet – Polar Summit\, the first international summit devoted to glaciers and the poles\, at the National Museum of Natural History\, where he speaks on behalf of the Alpine countries. He returns to the Forum for a panel entitled “From multi-crises to multi-conflicts: how to stop the vicious circle?”. The day ends at the International Organisation of La Francophonie\, with its Secretary General\, Louise Mushikiwabo. \nThursday 9 November 2023 — Paris\n\nMeeting with Audrey Azoulay\, Director-General of UNESCO\nUNESCO General Conference: panel on climate and biodiversity\nDinner hosted by President Emmanuel Macron for the heads of state and government\, Élysée Palace\n\nFriday 10 November 2023 — Paris\n\nOpening of the Paris Peace Forum\, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron\nOne Planet – Polar Summit\, round table of the heads of state\, National Museum of Natural History\nParis Peace Forum: panel “From multi-crises to multi-conflicts”\nPress briefing with the Swiss media\nMeeting with Louise Mushikiwabo\, Secretary General of La Francophonie\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOne Planet – Polar Summit (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.11.2023\nParis Peace Forum\, speaker page
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/paris-unesco-polar-summit-and-paris-peace-forum/
LOCATION:Paris
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231110
DTSTAMP:20261020T173239Z
CREATED:20261015T202156Z
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SUMMARY:Audience with Pope Francis
DESCRIPTION:On the morning of 9 November\, Pope Francis receives Alain Berset in private audience at the Apostolic Palace. According to the Federal Council\, the talks cover the commitment of Switzerland and the Holy See to peace\, the Middle East and Ukraine\, and the study of abuse in the Catholic Church in Switzerland. \nHe then meets Cardinal Pietro Parolin\, Secretary of State\, accompanied by Mgr Mirosław Wachowski\, Under-Secretary for Relations with States. The Holy See mentions the situation in several African countries\, the wars in Ukraine and between Israel and Palestine\, multilateralism\, and praises the “faithful and professional” service of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. The previous evening\, Alain Berset visited the Guard and its Commander\, Christoph Graf. \nWednesday 8 November 2023 — Vatican City\n\nMeeting with the Pontifical Swiss Guard and its Commander\, Colonel Christoph Graf\n\nThursday 9 November 2023 — Vatican City\n\nPrivate audience with Pope Francis\nMeeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin\, Secretary of State\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.11.2023\nHoly See Press Office\, 09.11.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/audience-with-pope-francis/
LOCATION:Vatican
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231105
DTSTAMP:20261020T173239Z
CREATED:20261015T202154Z
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SUMMARY:Montreal and Ottawa: Cinemania\, Justin Trudeau\, co-production agreement
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland is guest of honour at the 29th Cinemania\, Montreal’s French-language film festival. Alain Berset opens it on 1 November at the Cinéma Impérial\, before Cédric Kahn’s “Le Procès Goldman”. He greets the Canadian-Swiss director Léa Pool\, a “witness” to the agreement he has come to sign: it will be initialled “with a clear and frank ‘Yes’. And not with a ‘Yes. But’”. \nOn 2 November in Ottawa\, he is received by Governor General Mary Simon at Rideau Hall\, then by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill: bilateral relations\, La Francophonie\, international affairs\, the UN Security Council. The Minister of Canadian Heritage\, Pascale St-Onge\, then hosts a lunch for him. \nOn 3 November\, at the Cinémathèque québécoise\, he holds talks with Mélanie Joly\, Minister of Foreign Affairs\, and Pascale St-Onge\, then signs the new audiovisual co-production agreement with them. It replaces the 1987 agreement\, facilitates financing and distribution and opens up to series. In ten years\, the two countries had co-produced six films\, with a total budget of more than 19.3 million francs. \nWednesday 1 November 2023 — Montreal\n\nOpening of the 29th Cinemania festival at the Cinéma Impérial\, speech\nSwiss opening night of the festival\n\nThursday 2 November 2023 — Ottawa and Montreal\n\nMeeting with the Governor General of Canada\, Mary Simon\, at Rideau Hall\nMeeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\, Parliament Hill\nLunch hosted by Pascale St-Onge\, Minister of Canadian Heritage\nInterview with La Presse\n\nFriday 3 November 2023 — Montreal\n\nMeeting with Swiss and Quebec producers and directors at the Consulate General of Switzerland\nMeeting with Mélanie Joly and Pascale St-Onge at the Cinémathèque québécoise\nSigning of the audiovisual co-production agreement between Switzerland and Canada\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du festival du film Cinemania (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 31.10.2023\nCanadian Heritage\, media advisory of 02.11.2023\nGovernor General of Canada\, advisory\nCinemania\, press release 2023\nlaRegione\, 31.10.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/montreal-and-ottawa-cinemania-justin-trudeau-co-production-agreement/
LOCATION:Montréal
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231031
DTSTAMP:20261025T115718Z
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SUMMARY:“Le grand soir” special on RTS La Première at Le Nouveau Monde
DESCRIPTION:At Le Nouveau Monde in Fribourg\, Alain Berset\, President of the Swiss Confederation\, is the guest of a special edition of “Le grand soir” on RTS La Première: nearly three hours of radio. Alongside him: Zoé Më\, Pablo\, Flavien Droux\, Rana Bassil\, Léa Romanens\, Thierry Jobin\, Christophe Tiberghien\, Roxanne Ischi\, Véronique Reymond\, Stéphanie Chuat\, Mathieu Jaton\, Thierry Romanens and Louis Ruffieux. \nSources \n\nRTS La Première\, “Le grand soir”\, 30.10.2023 (in French)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/le-grand-soir-special-on-rts-la-premiere-at-le-nouveau-monde/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231029
DTSTAMP:20261020T173238Z
CREATED:20261015T202150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173238Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture at the Oxford Union and visit to London
DESCRIPTION:At the Oxford Union\, Alain Berset gives a lecture entitled “The role of Switzerland in a fractured world”\, followed by a dialogue and questions from some hundred students. He then meets Swiss students and teachers at the university. \nIn an interview given the same day to swissinfo.ch\, he looks back on the year: the pandemic\, the Credit Suisse crisis\, the war in Ukraine\, the Middle East after the Hamas attacks. “Switzerland is a land without a hidden agenda”\, hence its role as a platform for dialogue and mediation. On neutrality\, he recalls that Russia’s aggression trampled on every international rule\, which justifies adopting the European sanctions. “Fundamentally\, I am an optimistic person\, but I am not naïve.” \nFriday 27 October 2023 — Oxford\n\nLecture and debate at the Oxford Union: “The role of Switzerland in a fractured world”\nMeeting with Swiss students and teachers at the University of Oxford\nInterview with swissinfo.ch\n\nSaturday 28 October 2023 — London\n\nVisit to the Royal Academy of Arts with its Director\, Axel Rüger (Marina Abramović retrospective)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch\, 09.11.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/lecture-at-the-oxford-union-and-visit-to-london/
LOCATION:Oxford
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231019
DTSTAMP:20261020T173238Z
CREATED:20261015T202147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173238Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit by Maia Sandu\, President of Moldova
DESCRIPTION:At the head of a Federal Council delegation\, Alain Berset receives the President of the Republic of Moldova\, Maia Sandu\, in Berne\, on an official visit on 18 and 19 October. He had invited her. The day before\, in Chișinău\, Ignazio Cassis announced a new package of Swiss aid to the Moldova Support Platform. \nThe talks cover the consequences for Moldova of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and bilateral cooperation: drinking water in rural areas\, maternity units\, vocational training\, the fight against corruption. Maia Sandu calls Switzerland a “prieten de încredere”\, a trusted friend. The EFTA–Moldova free trade agreement\, signed the previous summer\, awaits ratification by the Swiss Parliament. \nThe following day\, the President visits a pharmaceutical company in Basel\, debates with ETH Zurich students and meets the Moldovan diaspora. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.10.2023\nPresidency of the Republic of Moldova\, 18.10.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-by-maia-sandu-president-of-moldova/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231018
DTSTAMP:20261020T173238Z
CREATED:20261015T202145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173238Z
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SUMMARY:Reception for the winners of Swiss Youth in Science
DESCRIPTION:At the National Library in Berne\, Alain Berset receives 24 winners of the 2023 national competition of the Swiss Youth in Science Foundation (Schweizer Jugend forscht). After the presentation of two award-winning projects\, he answers their questions: “Wir müssen alles dafür tun\, dass junge Forscherinnen und Forscher hier in der Schweiz beste Bedingungen vorfinden.” He praises the range of award-winning topics\, from separating plastics to land reform in Namibia\, by way of ethanol made from old clothes. \nA project on feathers serves as his starting point: on the Federal Council\, he says\, one constantly wears feathers that are not one’s own; “Wir in Bern nennen es Kollegialitätsprinzip.” In French\, he mentions CERN’s Science Gateway\, inaugurated ten days earlier\, and Switzerland’s limited access to Horizon Europe: “In the long term\, this will pose a problem for research and innovation in Switzerland.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRéception des lauréats de Science et jeunesse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSchweizer Jugend forscht\, 17.10.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/reception-for-the-winners-of-swiss-youth-in-science/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231008
DTSTAMP:20261020T173238Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of CERN Science Gateway
DESCRIPTION:CERN inaugurates its Science Gateway\, a centre for science education and outreach designed by Renzo Piano. The building cost about 100 million francs\, entirely funded by donations; the Stellantis Foundation gave 45 million. It opens to the public the following day\, free of charge. Ministers and senior representatives of the member and associate member states attend the day. \nAlain Berset speaks for Switzerland\, the host state. He quotes Jean d’Ormesson on art and science\, pays tribute to the architect and calls CERN “a School of Higher Particles”. On the 27-kilometre ring\, partly under French soil: “this invisible circle makes CERN an intersection between Switzerland\, France and Europe”. And: “an exceptional institution\, which allows Switzerland and Geneva to shine in the world”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCERN – Inauguration du Portail de la Science (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCERN\, press release of 07.10.2023\nFederal Council\, speech published on 09.10.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-cern-science-gateway/
LOCATION:Meyrin
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231007
DTSTAMP:20261020T173237Z
CREATED:20261015T202138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173237Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Performing Arts Awards 2023
DESCRIPTION:At LAC Lugano\, as part of FIT – Festival Internazionale del Teatro\, the Federal Office of Culture presents the Swiss Performing Arts Awards. The Grand Award / Hans Reinhart Ring goes to the choreographer Cindy Van Acker. Among the other winners: Circus Monti\, the Tellspiele Altdorf\, Bruno Cathomas\, Tiziana Conte; the dance award to Ruth Childs for “Blast!”\, the theatre award to Theater Neumarkt. \nAlain Berset announces that this is his last cultural awards ceremony. Since 2012\, he says\, he has only ever been able to say “bravo”; so he finally gives his own “acceptance speech”\, addressed to Hans Reinhart. He starts from a sentence by Hermann Hesse on the spiral path and defends cultural spending: “every public franc given to an artist represents a sustainable investment plan for society”. \nHe closes by awarding three rings of his own: to the Federal Office of Culture\, to the performing arts that came through the health crisis\, and to the evening’s audience. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses des arts de la scène 2023 (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 31.08.2023\nlaRegione\, 31.08.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-performing-arts-awards-2023/
LOCATION:Lugano
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231006
DTSTAMP:20261020T173237Z
CREATED:20261015T202135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173237Z
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SUMMARY:3rd Summit of the European Political Community
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the 3rd Summit of the European Political Community\, in Granada: 47 states and the EU institutions. On the programme: security in Europe\, energy\, geopolitics. With Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis\, he co-chairs a round table on multilateralism and the geostrategic and security situation. \nThe EPC was born in Prague in October 2022\, then met in Chișinău in June 2023; the United Kingdom will host the next one. Switzerland had prepared the summit with a workshop in Geneva\, with the ECFR and the GCSP\, on the EPC’s place in the European security architecture. In the evening\, the heads of state and government are received at the Alhambra by King Felipe VI. \nThursday 5 October 2023 — Granada\n\nOpening plenary session\, family photo\nRound table “Multilateralism\, security and geostrategic issues”\, co-chaired with Kyriakos Mitsotakis\nBilateral meetings\, including with the Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the President of the Italian Council of Ministers\, Giorgia Meloni\nPress conference\nReception by the King and Queen of Spain at the Alhambra\, official dinner\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.10.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/3rd-summit-of-the-european-political-community/
LOCATION:Grenade
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231003
DTSTAMP:20261020T173237Z
CREATED:20261015T202133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173237Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Building Bridges summit on sustainable finance
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Building Bridges summit at the CICG in Geneva\, after an introduction by Patrick Odier\, who chairs the foundation. Two weeks earlier\, he was at the summit on the Sustainable Development Goals in New York. His finding: only a fraction of the 2015 commitments will be met. “It is a question of political will.” \nA speech in French\, then in English. For more than 80% of the 2030 Agenda targets\, progress is limited\, stalled or reversed; private capital must be steered towards these goals\, above all in the least developed countries. He cites the Swiss Climate Scores\, the climate law accepted in June\, the new strategy of the Private Infrastructure Development Group. For the first time\, the conference hosts the UNFCCC Sharm el-Sheikh dialogue on financial flows. He then stays on for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala\, Director-General of the WTO\, and Sergio Ermotti\, CEO of UBS. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du sommet Building Bridges (in English\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nBuilding Bridges\, speaker page (kick-off of 02.10.2023)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-building-bridges-summit-on-sustainable-finance/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230929
DTSTAMP:20261020T173236Z
CREATED:20261015T202130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173236Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 19th Zurich Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset walks the green carpet and speaks at the opening night of the 19th Zurich Film Festival. Opening film: “Dream Scenario”\, with Nicolas Cage. The festival shows 148 films\, including 52 world or European premieres\, a record. \n“2023 ist ein seltsames Film-Jahr.” Harrison Ford is 30 again\, Tom Cruise 25; he himself\, the longest-serving member of the Federal Council\, will leave it “als Jüngster”. He supports the Hollywood strike: AI requires rules that protect intellectual property and pay. He sees “Barbenheimer” as proof that cinema remains a place of shared experience. He welcomes the ZFF’s takeover of the former Kosmos cinema\, under the name “Frame”. And ends: the best answer to the crisis of cinema? “Gute Filme.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 19e Zurich Film Festival (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nblue News\, 28.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-19th-zurich-film-festival/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTSTAMP:20261020T173236Z
CREATED:20261015T202127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173236Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit by the Prime Minister of Kosovo\, Albin Kurti
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Albin Kurti at the Federal Palace for a courtesy visit. Kurti is accompanied by his Minister of Culture\, Hajrulla Çeku. The talks cover northern Kosovo and the normalisation with Serbia initiated by the EU. \nBerset calls for the implementation of the Brussels and Ohrid agreements\, including the Kosovan government’s commitment to grant adequate autonomy to Serb-majority municipalities. Switzerland supports Kosovo’s application to the Council of Europe. It is the second-largest foreign investor in Kosovo; some 180\,000 people of Kosovan origin live in Switzerland; Swisscoy is extended until 2026. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.09.2023\nOffice of the Prime Minister of Kosovo\, 22.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-by-the-prime-minister-of-kosovo-albin-kurti/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTSTAMP:20261020T173236Z
CREATED:20261015T202125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173236Z
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SUMMARY:40 years of Fri-Son
DESCRIPTION:The Fribourg concert venue Fri-Son celebrates its 40th anniversary. Alain Berset speaks there\, on the evening of his meeting with Albin Kurti in Berne. \nHis speech is a mock palaeontology lesson: “1983: discovery\, in Switzerland\, in Fribourg\, of Homo Fri-Sonus”. He recalls the origins: the 1981 Fri-Art exhibition\, born in opposition to the conventional celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Fribourg’s entry into the Confederation\, and punk. And Kurt Cobain’s visit\, on 25 November 1989. For him\, the hyphen in “Fri-Son” is a bridge between French and German speakers. He thanks the first generation\, “praktisch mittellos”\, and hopes for more support for the next ones. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n40 ans de Fri-Son (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 22.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/40-years-of-fri-son/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230921
DTSTAMP:20261020T173236Z
CREATED:20261015T202122Z
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SUMMARY:High-level week of the 78th UN General Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Swiss delegation to the opening of the 78th General Assembly. On 18 September\, he takes part in the summit on the Sustainable Development Goals\, which is held only every four years: only 12% of the 169 targets are on track. He is the first speaker at a round table on science\, technology and data. \nOn the 19th\, he addresses the General Assembly: extreme inequality\, unseen since the early 20th century\, the climate crisis\, wars\, the erosion of multilateralism. “The UN embodies the institutionalised hope for a better world.” On the 20th\, he speaks at the Security Council\, chaired by Albania\, in the debate on Ukraine: Russia\, a permanent member\, denies its responsibility for the thousands of dead and wounded; Switzerland calls on it to withdraw immediately from Ukrainian territory. \nOn the sidelines\, he sees a dozen heads of state and government\, including Maia Sandu\, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Yoon Suk-yeol. With António Guterres\, he discusses the Black Sea Grain Initiative\, Ukraine and peace in Colombia. \nMonday 18 September 2023 — New York\n\nOpening of the summit on the Sustainable Development Goals\nMeeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune\nMeeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva\nMeeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres\nMeeting with Moussa Faki Mahamat\, Chairperson of the African Union Commission\nMeeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu\nSDG summit round table: science\, technology\, innovation and data\, speech\nExchanges with the presidents of Botswana\, the Central African Republic and Albania\, and with the Executive Secretary of SADC\nReception for the 50th anniversary of Germany’s accession to the UN\n\nTuesday 19 September 2023 — New York\n\nOpening of the general debate\nSwitzerland’s speech to the General Assembly\nMeeting with Kenyan President William Ruto\nReception hosted by President Joe Biden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\n\nWednesday 20 September 2023 — New York\n\nMeeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol\nMeeting with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit\nSecurity Council open debate on Ukraine\, speech\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/high-level-week-of-the-78th-un-general-assembly/
LOCATION:New York
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SUMMARY:Opening of the exhibition “Sprachenland Schweiz” at the National Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the Swiss National Museum in Zurich\, Alain Berset opens the exhibition “Sprachenland Schweiz” (Switzerland\, a land of languages)\, on show from 15 September 2023 to 14 January 2024. Visitors follow the route with headphones\, in five languages\, from the Röstigraben to the Jura question. At the opening\, the Bernese poet Ariane von Graffenried reads texts in dialect. \nA speech in German\, with passages in French and Italian. He starts from Camus\, “My homeland is the French language”\, and his schoolteacher\, M. Germain. He quotes Mark Twain: 30 hours for English\, 30 days for French\, 30 years for German. Then the substance: “for Switzerland to work\, the machine – our institutions – needs the software – our languages”. Without them\, the institutions do not work. He recalls the 2016 Thurgau dispute over French in primary school: federalism does not mean that each canton does as it pleases. More than 20% of the population speaks a language other than the national languages. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nVernissage de l’exposition « Sprachenland Schweiz » au Musée national suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSwiss National Museum\, magazine 5/2023 (exhibition dates)\nSwiss National Museum\, media\, 14.09.2023\nNZZ\, 12.10.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-exhibition-sprachenland-schweiz-at-the-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
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SUMMARY:175 years of the Federal Constitution
DESCRIPTION:At the Parliament Building\, a ceremony for the 175th anniversary of the Federal Constitution of 1848. Alain Berset speaks of a “masterstroke”: a risky\, bold act\, written in 51 days\, while the great powers were crushing their revolutions. \nHe highlights Ulrich Ochsenbein\, who chaired the drafting committee: he understood that the defeated of the Sonderbund had to be involved\, championed bicameralism from 1845 and held his troops back before Lucerne. An imperfect masterstroke\, he adds: women and Jews were excluded. He sets the optimism of 1848 against today’s pessimism. “Compromise […] is not the path of least resistance\, but the only possible way to build a common future.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n175 ans de la Constitution fédérale (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 12.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/175-years-of-the-federal-constitution/
LOCATION:Berne
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SUMMARY:Meeting of German-speaking heads of state at Laeken Castle
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde\, Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the annual meeting of the heads of state of the six German-speaking countries\, at Laeken Castle. Around the table: Frank-Walter Steinmeier\, Alexander Van der Bellen\, Grand Duke Henri\, Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein. The format has existed since 2004; Switzerland hosted it in 2018. \nThe theme chosen by Belgium: space\, in the presence of ESA astronauts. For Berset\, space is a matter of Europe’s strategic autonomy; Switzerland\, a founding member of ESA\, will continue to contribute. In April\, the Federal Council adopted its “Space Policy 2023”. \nBefore the meeting\, he is received by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. Belgium will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2024; they discuss the Switzerland–EU exploratory talks\, hydrogen\, frozen Russian assets\, on which Berset argues for an internationally coordinated approach\, and the register of damage created in Reykjavik. \nMonday 11 September 2023 — Brussels and Laeken\n\nMeeting with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo\nWelcome by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde at Laeken Castle\nRound table of the heads of state on current European space affairs\, with ESA astronauts\nConcert by the Young Belgian Strings\, dinner of the heads of state\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-german-speaking-heads-of-state-at-laeken-castle/
LOCATION:Bruxelles
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SUMMARY:Swiss Music Awards 2023: laudatio for Erik Truffaz
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Office of Culture’s Swiss Music Awards are presented for the first time in the Grosse Halle of the Reitschule in Berne. The Grand Award goes to the trumpeter Erik Truffaz. Among the winners: Sonja Moonear\, Mario Batkovic\, Lucia Cadotsch\, Saadet Türköz; special awards to Helvetiarockt\, Kunstraum Walcheturm and the rapper Pronto. \nAlain Berset gives the laudatio. He offers a “grammatical analysis” of the work: the subject\, the verb “to jazz”\, the complements\, from Sophie Hunger to Oxmo Puccino. He quotes Miles Davis: “True music is silence. And all the notes only frame that silence.” At the end of the evening\, he sits down at the grand piano for a duet with Truffaz. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLaudatio Erik Truffaz (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 08.09.2023\nSwiss Music Review (Schweizer Musikzeitung)\nRadio Lac (ATS)\, 11.05.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-music-awards-2023-laudatio-for-erik-truffaz/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTAMP:20261020T173234Z
CREATED:20261015T202106Z
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SUMMARY:economiesuisse Business Day
DESCRIPTION:At the Kongresshaus in Zurich\, before some 350 guests\, Alain Berset delivers the Federal Council’s message at the Business Day. The theme\, six weeks before the federal elections: “Wahlen 2023: Perspektiven statt Wunschdenken”. Christoph Mäder\, President of economiesuisse\, calls there for progress on the Bilaterals III. \nBerset talks about artificial intelligence. He opens with a jibe: if AI threatens 27% of jobs\, according to the OECD\, that makes two seats on the Federal Council. “5 Menschen und 2 Algorithmen?” Then the substance: productivity will rise\, and so will inequality\, in a world already as unequal as a hundred years ago. He asks questions without taboos: taxing AI companies more\, reforming education\, a welfare state that gets people back to work. He ends with Piaget: intelligence is what you use when you don’t know what to do. The answer to AI: “Mit mehr menschlicher Intelligenz.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée de l’économie d’economiesuisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nPlattform J\, 08.09.2023\neconomiesuisse\, “Wahlen 2023: Perspektiven statt Wunschdenken”
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/economiesuisse-business-day/
LOCATION:Zurich
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SUMMARY:Visit by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe\, Marija Pejčinović Burić
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Marija Pejčinović Burić\, Secretary General of the Council of Europe\, in Berne; she has also come for the 60th anniversary of Switzerland’s accession. They discuss the follow-up to Reykjavik\, where in May the 4th Summit adopted principles for democracy and created the register of damage caused by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Switzerland has been a member of it since 30 August. \nHe argues for closer links between the Council of Europe\, the OSCE\, the European Political Community and the UN organisations in Geneva. He supports the accession of Kosovo\, which would open the European Court of Human Rights to all its inhabitants\, the Serb minority included. He deplores that the Court and its mechanism are “being put under pressure”. \nHe hands her Switzerland’s instrument of ratification of the Protocol amending Convention 108 on data protection (“108+”). The Secretary General then travels to Neuchâtel\, for a public lecture at the university. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.09.2023\nCouncil of Europe\, 07.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-secretary-general-of-the-council-of-europe-marija-pejcinovic-buric/
LOCATION:Berne
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SUMMARY:75 years of Zurich Airport
DESCRIPTION:Zurich Airport celebrates its 75th anniversary with a three-day festival\, from 1 to 3 September. On the Friday evening\, Alain Berset and Zurich Government Councillor Carmen Walker Späh speak at the opening ceremony. \nHe opens with irony: he is not standing again for the Federal Council\, but “Das ist also keine Bewerbung für eine Stelle als Pilot”. Then a mock report from a federal working group: Kloten\, 31.5 million passengers in 2019; Bern-Belp\, 50\,174. Conclusion: “Der Flughafen Zürich ist schlicht zu gross.” \nMore seriously: a hub of European traffic\, an infrastructure on which trade and tourism depend\, thousands of employees. He recalls that aviation falls outside the Paris Agreement and calls for interim targets on the way to net zero in 2050. He mentions the 1948 runway\, one of the most modern in the world\, next to a village of huts. And ends: “Weniger Swiss finish. Und dafür mehr Swiss beginning.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n75 ans de l’aéroport de Zurich (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFlughafen Zürich\, closing press release of the 75th anniversary festival
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/75-years-of-zurich-airport/
LOCATION:Zurich
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Numerik Games 2023
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 8th Numerik Games\, the digital cultures festival of Yverdon-les-Bains\, which grew out of the Maison d’Ailleurs. The festival\, held from 25 to 27 August in the town centre\, features a Lego exhibition this year. The speech is given at the official opening evening on Thursday 24 August\, the day before the festival opens to the public. \nA speech in the form of a game. He starts from Ole Kirk Christiansen\, the inventor of Lego\, a “carpenter” from Billund\, and his motto: “Only the best is good enough.” Switzerland\, he says\, was built like Lego\, brick by brick\, with ever more elaborate instructions\, in 1848 and then in 1874. He invokes Einstein\, a federal civil servant: “Play is the highest form of research.” And concludes with an equation: Yverdon (Y) hosts Events (M\, for “Manifestations”) where Culture (C) multiplies. “Y=MC².” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture des Numerik Games 2023 (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nHEAD – Genève\, announcement of the Numerik Games 2023 festival (dates and venue)\nMunicipality of Yverdon-les-Bains\, news of 21.08.2023\nRTN\, 16.08.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-numerik-games-2023/
LOCATION:Yverdon-les-Bains
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SUMMARY:Meeting of German-speaking ministers of social affairs and health
DESCRIPTION:At Diedersdorf Castle\, in Grossbeeren near Berlin\, Alain Berset meets his counterparts from Germany\, Austria\, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg: Hubertus Heil\, Karl Lauterbach\, Johannes Rauch\, Manuel Frick. It is the 5th social affairs quintet and the 11th on health. \nOn 21 August\, the ministers of social affairs discuss the digitalisation of social insurance and cross-border coordination. Then\, for the first time\, ministers of social affairs and health meet together\, on staff shortages in care and health. On 22 August\, the health ministers deal with climate and health\, above all heatwaves. \nThe five countries sign a joint declaration: exchange of data on heatwave alerts\, with the national public health institutes; fair and ethical recruitment of care workers from outside Europe; a network of German-speaking countries on the migration of health workers. “Unsere Bürgerinnen und Bürger leben in Grenzräumen zusammen.” Next meeting: Austria\, in 2024. \nMonday 21 August 2023 — Grossbeeren (Diedersdorf)\n\nWorking session of the ministers of social affairs: digitalisation of social security systems\nJoint session of the ministers of social affairs and health: skilled staff in the social and health professions\nSigning of the joint declaration\, family photo\n\nTuesday 22 August 2023 — Grossbeeren (Diedersdorf)\n\nWorking session of the health ministers: climate change and health\n\nSources \n\nGerman Federal Ministry of Health\, 22.08.2023\nJoint declaration\, 21.08.2023 (signatories)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-german-speaking-ministers-of-social-affairs-and-health/
LOCATION:Grossbeeren
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230807
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SUMMARY:Visit to Colombia: peace\, memory and meeting with Gustavo Petro
DESCRIPTION:Working visit to Colombia\, a priority country for Swiss international cooperation. Switzerland supports the peace process with the ELN\, alongside Germany\, Sweden and Spain. On 8 August\, Alain Berset tours the poor neighbourhoods of Buenaventura\, a Pacific port where people displaced from the countryside flock. There he meets the Interethnic Truth Commission of the Pacific. “Sin justicia\, no hay paz”\, he says on the spot. The following day\, in Dabeiba\, he visits a reintegration area for former FARC combatants\, then Medellín’s Comuna 13. \nOn 10 August\, Gustavo Petro receives him at the Casa de Nariño. On the agenda: “total peace”\, implementation of the 2016 agreement\, drug policy\, cooperation at the UN\, the situation in Europe and Latin America. The two presidents sign the agreement entrusting Switzerland with a digital copy of the archives of the Truth Commission\, including sensitive audio and video testimonies. The hard drive will be kept in Berne\, offline. \nHe also sees the delegations negotiating with the ELN\, with which a six-month ceasefire has been in force since 3 August. “I was strongly impressed by the will to move forward\,” he tells Keystone-ATS. And\, on the acceptance of an agreement: “It cannot be taken for granted.” \nMonday 7 August 2023 — Bogotá\n\nArrival\, official welcome by the Colombian Deputy Foreign Minister\n\nTuesday 8 August 2023 — Buenaventura\n\nVisit to Comuna 5\, a neighbourhood affected by the expansion of the port\, with Mayor Víctor Vidal and local organisations\nExchange with the Bishop of Buenaventura\, Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya\, on the “urban peace” process\nPunta del Este: meeting with victims’ families\, visit to an urban peace pilot project\nCasa Social de Cormepaz: gallery of memory of enforced disappearances\, presentation of the report of the Interethnic Truth Commission of the Pacific\nColiseo Cristal: exchange with displaced indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities on the humanitarian situation\n\nWednesday 9 August 2023 — Dabeiba\, Medellín and Bogotá\n\nDabeiba: visit to the Llanogrande territorial area for training and reintegration (ETCR)\, exchange with former combatants\, with Carlos Ruiz Massieu\, Head of the UN Verification Mission\nMedellín: visit to Comuna 13 and exchange with cultural collectives\nBogotá: speech at the National Day reception and inauguration of the new Swiss residence\n\nThursday 10 August 2023 — Bogotá\n\nMeeting with the government delegation to the negotiations with the ELN\nMeeting with the bodies monitoring the 2016 peace agreement (Comunes\, CSIVI\, National Reincorporation Council) and the UN Verification Mission\nMeeting with the ELN peace managers\nMilitary honours and official talks with President Gustavo Petro\, Casa de Nariño\nSigning of the agreement on the backup copy of the Truth Commission archives\, press statement\nOfficial lunch hosted by President Petro\nVisit to “Fragmentos”\, Doris Salcedo’s counter-monument\, in the presence of the artist\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.08.2023\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.08.2023\nRadio Lac (ATS)\, 11.08.2023\nNau.ch (Keystone-SDA)\, 09.08.2023\nEl Colombiano\, 10.08.2023\nRTVC Noticias\, 10.08.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-to-colombia-peace-memory-and-meeting-with-gustavo-petro/
LOCATION:Bogotá
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SUMMARY:Last Locarno Film Festival: opening and farewell at Monte Verità
DESCRIPTION:On 2 August\, Alain Berset opens the Locarno Film Festival\, the 76th\, for the last time. It is also the last edition for Marco Solari\, President since 2000. In the cloister of La Magistrale\, he pretends to give a closing speech rather than an opening one. He praises Giona A. Nazzaro’s selection\, a “2023 vintage” from every continent\, and a Swiss cinema that has regained its colour\, soon to be supported by the “lex Netflix”. He jokes about his joint retirement with Solari: he will have “2 of the 8\,000 chairs on the Piazza Grande” taken to the Cinémathèque suisse in Penthaz\, “to watch films there together in peace”. “Arrivederci Locarno\, arrivederci Ticino e viva il cinema!” \nAt Monte Verità\, at the traditional lunch hosted by the festival\, he says his farewells. He recounts having entered his name and Solari’s on the LoveCalculator website: 28%. Then comes a quiz on Swiss cinema from 2012 to 2023\, from “Ma vie de Courgette” to “Mad Heidi”. He ends in Italian: “Due parole che dicono tutto: bravo e grazie.” \nOn 3 August\, he meets the press at the PalaCinema with Carine Bachmann\, Director of the Federal Office of Culture\, and Ivo Kummer\, Head of the Film Section. \nWednesday 2 August 2023 — Locarno\n\nOpening ceremony of the festival at La Magistrale\, speeches by Alain Scherrer\, Marina Carobbio Guscetti\, Alain Berset\, Marco Solari and Giona A. Nazzaro\nOpening film on the Piazza Grande\n\nThursday 3 August 2023 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the press at the PalaCinema\, with Carine Bachmann and Ivo Kummer\n\nFriday 4 August 2023 — Ascona and Locarno\n\nFestival lunch at Monte Verità\, speeches by Luca Pissoglio\, Marina Carobbio Guscetti\, Marco Solari and Alain Berset\nAperitif hosted by the Federal Office of Culture at Villa San Quirico\, Minusio\nFestival political dinner at La Magistrale\n\nSaturday 5 August 2023 — Locarno\n\n75 years of the Cinémathèque suisse\, at the Castello Visconteo\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nAdieux au Locarno Film Festival au Monte Verità (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nPlattform J / Keystone-ATS\, 03.08.2023\nRadio Lac / ATS\, 02.08.2023\nlaRegione\, 03.08.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/last-locarno-film-festival-opening-and-farewell-at-monte-verita/
LOCATION:Locarno
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SUMMARY:National Day in Aegerten\, Domdidier and Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:For his last 1 August in government\, Alain Berset gives three speeches. On the evening of 31 July\, he opens the festivities in Aegerten\, near Biel\, at the invitation of the 9er-Club\, in German and with a few words of Bärndütsch. On 1 August\, he speaks in Domdidier\, in his canton of Fribourg\, then in Lausanne. The common thread: the 175th anniversary of the Federal Constitution\, written by courageous men after a civil war and a Kulturkampf. \nHe lists what he will not miss: the press conference on premiums\, the 7 a.m. meetings with the parties during the sessions\, the phone handed back after four hours of Federal Council with too many messages. The 1 August speeches are not among them: he runs through the places where he has already given them\, from Middes to the Vully. \nIn Ouchy\, on the Place de la Navigation\, as the rain has just stopped\, he speaks before a few thousand people\, after the Mayor\, Grégoire Junod. “Above all\, let us not turn in on ourselves.” He argues for a Switzerland that is “optimistic\, confident\, courageous and committed” and ends with Simenon: “Memorable events never resemble what one expected of them.” \nMonday 31 July 2023 — Aegerten (BE)\n\nSpeech at the municipality’s National Day celebration\n\nTuesday 1 August 2023 — Domdidier (FR) and Lausanne\n\nSpeech at the Domdidier National Day celebration\nSpeech at the City of Lausanne’s National Day celebration\, in Ouchy\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale 2023 à Aegerten (in German\, French-language page)\nFête nationale 2023 à Domdidier (in French\, French-language page)\nFête nationale 2023 à Lausanne (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nLe Temps / ATS\, 31.07–01.08.2023\nRadio Lac / ATS\, 01.08.2023\nPlattform J / Keystone-ATS\, 31.07.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-aegerten-domdidier-and-lausanne/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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