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SUMMARY:“Die falsche Macht der Monster”: lecture at the Swiss Institute for International Studies
DESCRIPTION:At the University of Zurich\, before the Schweizerisches Institut für Auslandforschung\, Alain Berset starts from Gramsci: “Die alte Welt liegt im Sterben\, die neue ist noch nicht geboren. Es ist die Zeit der Monster.” \nWe are living\, he says\, through an interregnum: the liberal post-war order is crumbling\, its promise of progress for each generation no longer holds. Against paralysis\, he argues for ambivalence and compromise: “Die apodiktischen Gross-Erzählungen vom unaufhaltsamen Niedergang: Sie sind die eigentlichen Monster unserer Übergangszeit.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDie falsche Macht der Monster (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech published on 28.10.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/die-falsche-macht-der-monster-lecture-at-the-swiss-institute-for-international-studies/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211012
DTSTAMP:20261020T173202Z
CREATED:20261016T001057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173202Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Extraordinary Congress of the World Meteorological Organization
DESCRIPTION:In Geneva\, Alain Berset opens the extraordinary session of the WMO Congress\, alongside the President\, Gerhard Adrian\, the Secretary-General\, Petteri Taalas\, and Mami Mizutori\, UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction. Beforehand\, he visits the MeteoSwiss forecasting room. \nAfter the summer of floods\, he stresses reducing the impact of natural disasters and climate change\, and cooperation without borders\, since the climate has none. Switzerland supports the Weather4UN pilot project. On the International Day of the Girl\, he quotes Churchill: “You must look at the facts because they look at you.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCongrès extraordinaire de l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.10.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-extraordinary-congress-of-the-world-meteorological-organization/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211007
DTSTAMP:20261020T173202Z
CREATED:20261016T001054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173202Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the United Nations World Data Forum
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland hosts the third UN World Data Forum\, for the first time in hybrid format: 7\,626 registered participants\, 668 of them present in Berne. On 3 October\, Alain Berset opens it as host; António Guterres and Brad Smith\, President of Microsoft\, speak by video. \nHe starts from a quotation attributed to Churchill\, about the statistics one has falsified oneself\, in order to correct it: in an age of fake news\, false figures circulate\, distort perception and make rational debate difficult\, especially in a pandemic. \nThe forum closes on 6 October with a compact on data for the Sustainable Development Goals. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Forum mondial de l’ONU sur les données (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Statistical Office\, press release of 06.10.2021\nFederal Statistical Office\, press release of 28.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-united-nations-world-data-forum/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211002
DTSTAMP:20261020T173202Z
CREATED:20261016T002735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173202Z
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SUMMARY:150 years of La Liberté
DESCRIPTION:The Fribourg daily celebrates its 150th anniversary. Alain Berset addresses the “friends of editorials and columns” by way of a detour: another “Liberté”\, French-speaking and Catholic\, born in 1913 in Winnipeg\, whose first issue proclaimed: “La Liberté n’est pas et ne sera jamais une feuille politique”. \nHe speaks about the role of the regional press and its independence\, at a time of crisis for the media. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n150 ans de La Liberté (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/150-years-of-la-liberte/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210924
DTSTAMP:20261020T173201Z
CREATED:20261016T001046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173201Z
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SUMMARY:Architecture Biennale and ministerial debate on Baukultur
DESCRIPTION:On 22 September\, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation\, the Federal Office of Culture and Europa Nostra organise a high-level debate on Baukultur\, as part of the European Cultural Heritage Summit. Keynote by the architect David Chipperfield. Alain Berset debates with the German State Secretary Anne Katrin Bohle and Francisco de Paula Coelho\, Dean of the European Investment Bank Institute. \nHe explains what quality means in the Davos process: a balance between function and technique that integrates culture and respects the character of a place. The debate builds on the 2018 Davos Declaration and the Davos Baukultur Quality System\, published in May 2021. \nOn 23 September\, he visits the Swiss Pavilion\, “Orae – Experiences on the Border”\, then the Giardini and the Arsenale. “Sind Grenzen Linien oder Lebensräume?” \nWednesday 22 September 2021 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Fondazione Prada\nMinisterial debate on Baukultur at the Giorgio Cini Foundation\, with David Chipperfield\, Anne Katrin Bohle and Francisco de Paula Coelho\n\nThursday 23 September 2021 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Swiss Pavilion “Orae – Experiences on the Border”\, address by Alain Berset\nVisit to the Giardini and the Arsenale\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nBiennale d’architecture de Venise : pavillon suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nEuropa Nostra\, September 2021\nDavid Chipperfield Architects\, 2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/architecture-biennale-and-ministerial-debate-on-baukultur/
LOCATION:Venise
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210922
DTSTAMP:20261020T173201Z
CREATED:20261016T001042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173201Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Grand Award for Design 2021
DESCRIPTION:In Basel\, presentation of the Swiss Design Awards and of the Swiss Grand Award for Design to the graphic designer Julia Born\, the photographer and art director Peter Knapp and the researcher Sarah Owens. \nAlain Berset asks what the pandemic will make of society: more innovative or more conservative\, open or tempted by a new Biedermeier? Uncertainty\, he answers\, pushes us to think of alternatives\, to experiment\, to create. Design has its place in this. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGrand Prix suisse de design 2021 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.09.2021\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.06.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-grand-award-for-design-2021/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210918
DTSTAMP:20261020T173201Z
CREATED:20261016T001038Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Music Awards: Grand Award to Stephan Eicher
DESCRIPTION:At the LAC cultural centre in Lugano\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Music Awards. The Grand Award goes to Stephan Eicher; fourteen other musicians are honoured. \nHe addresses the “friends of roads and guitars” and proposes a journey from Engelberg to Carcassonne\, a thousand kilometres for a thousand lives to honour\, with a detour via Zurich: a nod to Eicher’s songs and itinerant life. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de musique 2021 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-music-awards-grand-award-to-stephan-eicher/
LOCATION:Lugano
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210917
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T002729Z
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SUMMARY:Official celebration of 2\,000 years of Solothurn
DESCRIPTION:Solothurn celebrates its bimillennium. Alain Berset first plays with the local passion for the number eleven: his name\, ALAIN BERSET\, has eleven letters; the town clock shows only eleven hours. \nThen he speaks of the spirit of Wengi\, of compromise and shared sovereignty\, all the way to Europe: “Gute Kompromisse sind oft grösser als der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n2000 ans de Soleure (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-celebration-of-2000-years-of-solothurn/
LOCATION:Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210915
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T002727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Parliamentary Group on Work: reconciliation and childcare
DESCRIPTION:Before the Parliamentary Group on Work\, Alain Berset speaks about reconciling family and work and about early childhood support. Starting point: “Die Corona-Krise ist – was die Arbeit betrifft – eine Krise der Frauen.” In Switzerland too\, unemployment caused by the pandemic hit young women first\, as they hold the jobs without working from home\, in hospitals\, crèches and at supermarket tills. \nThe question he puts to the parliamentarians: will we finally manage to mobilise fathers and mothers fully\, or will we weaken ourselves further\, economically and socially? \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGroupe parlementaire Travail : conciliation et accueil de l’enfance (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/parliamentary-group-on-work-reconciliation-and-childcare/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210911
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T001026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to London: social security agreement
DESCRIPTION:Since Brexit\, the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons no longer governs social security between Switzerland and the United Kingdom. On 9 September\, at the Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office\, Alain Berset signs the new social security agreement with Minister of State Nigel Adams. It applies provisionally from 1 November 2021. \nThe same day\, at the House of Commons\, he meets the Health Secretary\, Sajid Javid: epidemiological situation\, vaccination in both countries\, strengthening the WHO\, fair distribution of vaccines through COVAX\, a future pandemic treaty. A press briefing follows at the ambassador’s residence. \n10 September is devoted to culture\, with a visit to Tate Modern. \nThursday 9 September 2021 — London\n\nMeeting with Sajid Javid\, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care\, at the House of Commons\nSigning of the social security agreement with Nigel Adams\, Minister of State\, at the Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office\nPress briefing at the residence of the Swiss ambassador\n\nFriday 10 September 2021 — London\n\nVisit to Tate Modern\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.09.2021\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.08.2021\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.11.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-london-social-security-agreement/
LOCATION:Londres
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210910
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T002723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Annual meeting of organisations working for equality
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives the presidents of women’s\, men’s and equality organisations. 2021 is a year of anniversaries: 50 years of women’s suffrage\, 40 years of equality in the Constitution\, 25 years of the Gender Equality Act\, 30 years since the first women’s strike. \n“Die Dinge bewegen sich.” But pay discrimination\, the unequal sharing of domestic work and sexism remain daily reality for many. And the pandemic\, he says\, is above all a crisis for women. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontre annuelle des organisations engagées pour l’égalité (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/annual-meeting-of-organisations-working-for-equality/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T002721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: COVID certificate extended
DESCRIPTION:Hospitals are under strain\, intensive care units very full\, some cantons are postponing operations. From 13 September\, the Federal Council extends the COVID certificate requirement to restaurants\, cultural and leisure venues and indoor events. Employers may use it in their protection plans. The measure is limited to 24 January 2022. \nTwo proposals go out for consultation: entry into Switzerland for people who are neither vaccinated nor recovered\, and access to the Swiss certificate for people vaccinated abroad. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-covid-certificate-extended/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210908
DTSTAMP:20261020T173159Z
CREATED:20261016T001015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173159Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Statistics Days
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Statistics Days are held in Lugano under the title “Data: from all\, for all?”. Alain Berset: “Die Corona-Krise hat uns eines gelehrt: Bescheidenheit. Gerade auch in Bezug auf Prognosen.” \nThe world will be even more volatile\, from climate to migration\, from inequality to the culture wars flaring up around identity or vaccination. Hence the need for reliable data\, to grasp the real state of the world rather than the imagined one\, and to bring emotional debates back to the ground of facts. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSchweizer Statistiktage (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 07.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-statistics-days/
LOCATION:Lugano
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210907
DTSTAMP:20261020T173159Z
CREATED:20261016T001011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173159Z
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SUMMARY:G20 health ministers’ meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Italian presidency invites Switzerland\, as in the previous year. The ministers address management of the pandemic\, access for all countries to vaccines\, tests and treatments\, a lasting commitment to pandemic prevention and the effect of the crisis on the 2030 Agenda. Alain Berset defends a strong WHO at the centre of preparedness and response. \nOn the sidelines\, he meets the Italian Minister of Health\, Roberto Speranza\, host of the meeting\, and his counterparts from Indonesia\, Budi Gunadi Sadikin\, and India\, Mansukh Mandaviya. He holds a press briefing at the embassy and meets Swiss artists at the Istituto Svizzero. \nSunday 5 September 2021 — Rome\n\nOpening of the meeting\, address by the WHO Director-General\nPlenary session\nMeeting with Budi Gunadi Sadikin\, Minister of Health of Indonesia\nMeeting with Mansukh Mandaviya\, Minister of Health of India\n\nMonday 6 September 2021 — Rome\n\nMeeting with Roberto Speranza\, Minister of Health of Italy\nWorking sessions and final session\nPress briefing at the Swiss Embassy\nMeeting with Swiss artists at the Istituto Svizzero\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/g20-health-ministers-meeting/
LOCATION:Rome
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210828
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210829
DTSTAMP:20261020T173158Z
CREATED:20261016T002717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173158Z
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SUMMARY:Funeral of Princess Marie of Liechtenstein
DESCRIPTION:Princess Marie of Liechtenstein\, wife of Prince Hans-Adam II\, died in August. Alain Berset represents the Federal Council at the funeral service in Vaduz\, attended by several European royal families. \nHe offers his condolences to the princely family. In the evening\, he is in Geneva for the inauguration of the Comédie. \nSources \n\nPresseportal (Government of Liechtenstein)\, August 2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/funeral-of-princess-marie-of-liechtenstein/
LOCATION:Vaduz
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210828
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210829
DTSTAMP:20261020T173158Z
CREATED:20261016T001004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173158Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the Nouvelle Comédie in Geneva
DESCRIPTION:The new building of the Comédie\, in Eaux-Vives\, is inaugurated after months of closed theatres. Cost: 94 million francs\, 45 million of it borne by the canton. Speakers include Councillor of State Thierry Apothéloz\, Administrative Councillor Sami Kanaan and the directors\, Natacha Koutchoumov and Denis Maillefer. \nAlain Berset opens with the last line of Caligula: “I am still alive!” “That could be the cry of the theatre”\, battered by the pandemic. Camus’s play premiered at the Comédie on 27 June 1945\, directed by Giorgio Strehler\, three months before Paris. The next day\, the house opens to the public. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration de la Nouvelle Comédie de Genève (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nRadio Lac\, 28.08.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-nouvelle-comedie-in-geneva/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210828
DTSTAMP:20261020T173158Z
CREATED:20261016T002713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173158Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Numerik Games
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the digital cultures festival in Yverdon-les-Bains. He addresses the “friends of algorithms and pixels” and claims\, with scientific method in support\, to trace the link between the spa town and video games back to the menhirs of Clendy bay. \nThe point: digital technology\, first a matter of science\, has become a culture in its own right\, which cultural policy must recognise. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNumerik Games 2021 (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-numerik-games/
LOCATION:Yverdon-les-Bains
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210804
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210807
DTSTAMP:20261020T173158Z
CREATED:20261016T000957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173158Z
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SUMMARY:74th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On 4 August\, on the Piazza Grande\, Alain Berset opens the first festival since the 2020 cancellation. He quotes D. W. Griffith\, who predicted in 1924 that cinema would eliminate all conflict: the prophecy is running late\, but summer 2021 will at least have driven the pandemic from people’s minds. The edition celebrates films shot in Ticino. \nOn 5 August\, before the media\, he presents the industry’s challenges: about 360 million francs paid by the Confederation and the cantons under the COVID measures for culture\, specific aid for film\, the “Back to the Cinema” campaign. After the institutional framework agreement was abandoned\, participation in the MEDIA programme remains a goal; until then\, compensatory measures and co-production agreements. He defends the investment obligation for online platforms and presents a study on unequal opportunities between women and men in film. \nOn 6 August\, he speaks at the lunch hosted by the festival at Monte Verità in Ascona\, then at the Federal Office of Culture aperitif. \nWednesday 4 August 2021 — Locarno\n\nOpening ceremony on the Piazza Grande\, speech by Alain Berset\n\nThursday 5 August 2021 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the media\n\nFriday 6 August 2021 — Ascona and Locarno\n\nLunch hosted by the festival at Monte Verità\, addresses by Marco Solari and Alain Berset\nFederal Office of Culture aperitif\, address by Alain Berset\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 74e Locarno Film Festival (French-language page)\nLocarno : réception du Monte Verità (French-language page)\nLocarno : apéritif de l’Office fédéral de la culture (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.08.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/74th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210802
DTSTAMP:20261020T173157Z
CREATED:20261016T000951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173157Z
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SUMMARY:National Day
DESCRIPTION:1 August speech\, whose French version is given in the evening in Gruyères. Alain Berset draws a first assessment of eighteen months of pandemic: “Unsere vielbeschworene Solidarität wurde in den letzten 18 Monaten wirklich getestet. Und wir haben diesen Test bestanden.” \nThe crisis is not over\, but society emerges stronger “trotz hitziger Debatten und viel Leid”. For the world after\, he names three qualities: flexibility\, modesty and self-confidence. “Wir haben als Gesellschaft Erfolg – oder wir scheitern als Einzelne.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFlexibilität\, Bescheidenheit und Selbstbewusstsein (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 31.07.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-2/
LOCATION:Gruyères
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210717
DTSTAMP:20261020T173157Z
CREATED:20261016T000947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173157Z
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SUMMARY:Fribourg International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The FIFF\, postponed from March to July\, opens its 35th edition. Alain Berset greets the “Friends of the nights\, friends of the notes”: after a Felliniesque 34½th edition in 2020\, the festival offers one “à la Demy”\, under the sign of music. \nHe extends the musical metaphor to speak of audiences returning to cinemas after months of closure. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFestival International de Films de Fribourg (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 16.07.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fribourg-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210702
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210703
DTSTAMP:20261020T173157Z
CREATED:20261016T000943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173157Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 20th NIFFF
DESCRIPTION:The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival celebrates its twentieth edition and its audience returns. Alain Berset opens it with praise for “Gagamboy”\, Erik Matti’s Filipino Spider-Man\, an ice-cream seller bitten by a contaminated spider\, once screened at the festival. \nBehind the humour\, the title the administration gave the address: “Resist and adapt to survive”. Genre cinema\, like culture as a whole\, is emerging from a year of closed cinemas. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du NIFFF 2021 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 02.07.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-20th-nifff/
LOCATION:Neuchâtel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210626
DTSTAMP:20261020T173156Z
CREATED:20261016T000939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173156Z
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SUMMARY:Round tables with the parties\, the cantons and the social partners
DESCRIPTION:At the Bernerhof\, the President of the Confederation\, Guy Parmelin\, brings together the presidents of the parties and parliamentary groups and the leadership of the Conference of Cantonal Governments\, then the social partners. With him are Alain Berset\, Ueli Maurer and the Federal Chancellor\, Walter Thurnherr. \nUeli Maurer presents the financial consequences of the crisis; Alain Berset the epidemiological situation and the next steps. Vaccination and the easing of measures make a return to normal conceivable\, but autumn and winter remain uncertain. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.06.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/round-tables-with-the-parties-the-cantons-and-the-social-partners/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210624
DTSTAMP:20261020T173156Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: the major easing of 26 June
DESCRIPTION:The easing steps of April and May have not revived the epidemic; half of all adults will be vaccinated by the end of June. The Federal Council goes further than what it had put out for consultation. From 26 June\, the obligation to work from home and to wear masks outdoors is lifted; restaurants no longer have a limit per table; large events accessible with the COVID certificate may use their full capacity. \nEntry into Switzerland is simplified: health checks at the border focus on people arriving from countries where a variant of concern is circulating. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 23.06.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-the-major-easing-of-26-june/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210622
DTSTAMP:20261020T173156Z
CREATED:20261016T000933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173156Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Berlin: meeting with Jens Spahn
DESCRIPTION:On 21 June\, Alain Berset meets the German Federal Minister of Health\, Jens Spahn\, for a working meeting\, the first since their 2020 meeting in Geneva. On the agenda: the two countries’ vaccination campaigns and the distribution of vaccines worldwide\, the COVID certificate\, new variants\, international cooperation and strengthening the WHO in preparing for and managing health crises. \nThe stay includes a cultural and political part: an in-depth discussion on the German federal elections with Thomas Krüger\, President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education\, a visit to the Schinkel Pavillon and a meeting with artists. \nSunday 20 June 2021 — Berlin\n\nDiscussion on the federal elections with Thomas Krüger\, President of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung\n\nMonday 21 June 2021 — Berlin\n\nVisit to the Schinkel Pavillon and meeting with artists\nWorking meeting with Jens Spahn\, Federal Minister of Health\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 17.06.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-berlin-meeting-with-jens-spahn/
LOCATION:Berlin
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210614
DTSTAMP:20261020T173156Z
CREATED:20261016T002702Z
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SUMMARY:Vote: first yes to the COVID-19 Act
DESCRIPTION:The people approve the COVID-19 Act\, challenged by referendum. It provides the basis for aid to companies\, the self-employed and culture\, and for the Federal Council’s power to take measures. Alain Berset comments on the result before the press. \nThe same day\, the CO2 Act is rejected.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-first-yes-to-the-covid-19-act/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210609
DTSTAMP:20261020T173155Z
CREATED:20261016T000926Z
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SUMMARY:Visit to the Canton of Solothurn: vaccination\, testing and culture
DESCRIPTION:In Grenchen\, with the Landammann and health director Susanne Schaffner\, Alain Berset visits Switzerland’s first drive-in vaccination centre. In Solothurn\, he sees the test centre set up at the Kulturfabrik Kofmehl\, run by the concert venue’s staff. \nTalks follow with the cantonal government delegation\, including the director of education and culture\, Remo Ankli\, and with the managers of the Kofmehl: next steps in reopening events\, introduction of the COVID certificate\, revival of cultural life and support for organisers. \nSources \n\nCanton of Solothurn\, press release of June 2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-to-the-canton-of-solothurn-vaccination-testing-and-culture/
LOCATION:Granges et Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210528
DTSTAMP:20261020T173155Z
CREATED:20261016T000923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173155Z
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SUMMARY:National Conference on Federalism
DESCRIPTION:The 6th National Conference on Federalism meets in Basel\, amid controversy over the respective roles of the Confederation and the cantons in the pandemic. Alain Berset draws a first institutional assessment. \nHe answers the headlines announcing a crisis of federalism with history\, and with Napoleon: “Ich wäre ausserstande\, die Schweiz zu regieren.” The system was put under strain\, and it held; lessons must be learned without calling it into question. His formula: “Die Schweiz ist föderalistisch – oder sie ist nicht.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n« Le fédéralisme et la dynamique de la crise du COVID-19 » (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 27.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-conference-on-federalism/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210527
DTSTAMP:20261020T173155Z
CREATED:20261016T000918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173155Z
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SUMMARY:Dürrenmatt\, “Stoffe”: launch of the edition
DESCRIPTION:For the centenary of Friedrich Dürrenmatt\, the Swiss Literary Archives of the National Library publish his great autobiographical project\, “Stoffe”\, in five volumes with Diogenes\, and put online some 30\,000 digitised manuscript pages. \nAt the launch\, Alain Berset rereads Dürrenmatt through the lens of a Switzerland spared and of its identity: “Wie schweizerisch ist die Schweiz?” A Switzerland the writer viewed with an irony that did not exclude attachment. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nWie schweizerisch ist die Schweiz? (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/durrenmatt-stoffe-launch-of-the-edition/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210525
DTSTAMP:20261020T173155Z
CREATED:20261016T000914Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 74th World Health Assembly and BioHub agreement with the WHO
DESCRIPTION:The Assembly is held online for the second year. Alain Berset opens it from WHO headquarters\, as representative of the host country. He thanks the organisation and calls on member states to invest in a universal and lasting architecture of health protection: no country can overcome a pandemic alone. Switzerland supports COVAX and the ACT Accelerator for fair access to vaccines\, tests and medicines. \nBefore the session\, he meets the Director-General\, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, and signs with him an agreement under the BioHub initiative. Switzerland makes the Spiez Laboratory available to store strains of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens with epidemic potential\, and so contributes to an international system for the voluntary exchange of these materials. A press briefing follows at the Swiss Mission. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRenforcer le multilatéralisme\, la solidarité et la coopération internationale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.05.2021\nGeneva Solutions\, 25.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-74th-world-health-assembly-and-biohub-agreement-with-the-who/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210513
DTSTAMP:20261020T173154Z
CREATED:20261016T000911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173154Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards 2021
DESCRIPTION:Presentation of the Swiss Literature Awards\, under health restrictions. Alain Berset opens with the virus: “Wir alle haben genug von diesem Virus. Leider hat das Virus noch nicht genug von uns.” \nLiterature\, he says\, lives from readings\, debates and open bookshops; authors have lost a source of income. He recalls the measures taken for culture since the start of the pandemic\, from which authors and literary translators can benefit. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSchweizer Literaturpreise 2021 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 12.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-2021/
LOCATION:Berne
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