Alain Berset presents the Swiss Dance Awards at the Théâtre Equilibre. The Grand Award goes to the choreographer La Ribot; Dominique Martinoli receives the Special Award, Marie-Caroline Hominal and Edouard Hue the awards for outstanding female and male dancer. He opens with the Coriolis force, which deflects every moving particle to the right in the […]
In Berne, Alain Berset brings together the heads of the main health insurers and their umbrella associations. This year, some insurers published their premiums before approval by the FOPH, and information reached intermediaries. He firmly condemns this practice, which distorts competition and confuses policyholders. The participants commit to clarifying procedures before the next premium approval. […]
On 24 October, at the Sorbonne, Alain Berset speaks to students on “Democracy put to the test by fake news”. Disinformation is not new, he says; what changes is how it spreads. And he rejects a state-defined truth: “It is difficult and dangerous to determine administratively what is true or false.” On 25 October, at […]
In Geneva, Alain Berset opens the first World Meteorological Organization summit on high mountain areas. These regions regulate the freshwater reserves of half the world’s population; in Switzerland, melting glaciers are the most visible effect. He calls for urgent measures against global warming and for cooperation between politics, business and science. The summit is to […]
Alain Berset speaks at the intercantonal day for family carers, a few months after the Federal Council sent Parliament the bill on reconciling work and caring for relatives. “Wir ALLE sind potentiell Pflegende – und wir alle sind potentiell Pflegebedürftige.” The work of relatives, he says, is of inestimable value for the sick and for […]
Alain Berset opens the Kurzfilmtage in Winterthur. He compares running times: the longest film in the world lasts 35 days; only “Brexit – the Movie” is longer, showing for three and a half years already. “Und nicht zu vergessen: Die Filmfassung der AHV-Reform.” Speeches on this site Ouverture des Journées internationales du court métrage (in […]
During the World Forum for Democracy, Alain Berset makes a working visit to the Council of Europe. He meets the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, with the Swiss judge Helen Keller present. He meets young Forum delegates at the European Youth Centre, and visits the European Directorate for the Quality […]
Back from Strasbourg, Alain Berset presents the Edi awards, devoted to Swiss commissioned and advertising films, at the Schiffbau in Zurich. Jokingly, he commissions an image film on the Swiss political system, aimed at the rest of the world: Switzerland is too complex to be easy to explain. Speeches on this site Prix Edi.19 du […]
Alain Berset speaks at the 25th anniversary of the Swiss Labour Assistance (OSEO) in Fribourg, which works in professional integration. He sets two figures against each other: Switzerland at the top of the rankings for average wealth, and 7% of the population, or 600,000 people, below the poverty line. Exclusion from the labour market remains […]
For the thirtieth anniversary of the UN Convention, Alain Berset speaks at a day devoted to the right of children and young people to participate. Switzerland acceded to it in 1997. “Gute Familien sind ein bisschen wie die Schweiz”: not dictatorships, but democracies of negotiation. And the rule for adults: “We must talk less about […]
On the sidelines of the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference, Alain Berset takes part in the Forum of Ministers of Culture, opened by the Director-General, Audrey Azoulay. In his statement, he defends cultural participation: promoting culture means enabling everyone to access it and take part in it, and so strengthening social cohesion. He […]
In Stein (Aargau), Alain Berset inaugurates the Novartis production site devoted to cell and gene therapies. He stresses the link between the company and Switzerland as a research location: Novartis accounts for a large share of the country’s research and development spending, and finds specialists in Switzerland and a network with the Federal Institutes of […]
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