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SUMMARY:Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) at the UN
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Swiss delegation to the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The theme: social protection for women and girls\, and their access to public services and infrastructure. Switzerland puts forward two priorities: equal pay and recognition of unpaid domestic and care work. \nBefore the plenary\, he quotes Simone de Beauvoir and speaks “as minister for equality and as a man”. He recalls that no country has fully achieved equality\, and that only 20% of permanent representatives to the UN are women. At the round table on women’s leadership\, he recalls that Switzerland is a young democracy\, “one of the youngest in the world”: women have voted at federal level only since 1971. \nSwitzerland organises an event on the pay gap with the ILO\, with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Alain Berset gives a figure: in Switzerland\, the average gap is 18%\, and more than two fifths of this gap\, in the private sector\, cannot be explained by objective factors. \nSunday 10 March 2019 — New York\n\nMeeting with Swiss artists based in New York\nReception for equality ministers at the invitation of Katrín Jakobsdóttir\, Prime Minister of Iceland\n\nMonday 11 March 2019 — New York\n\nOpening of the 63rd session of the CSW\, with António Guterres\nMeeting with Taina Bofferding\, Luxembourg Minister for Equality\nPress briefing\nMinisterial round table on social protection and unpaid work\nMeeting with Marius-Constantin Budai\, Romanian Minister of Labour\nMeeting with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka\, Executive Director of UN Women\nEvent “Closing the Gender Pay Gap”\, organised by Switzerland and the ILO\n\nTuesday 12 March 2019 — New York\n\nOpening of the “Women in Power” event of the President of the General Assembly\nMeeting with Juliane Bogner-Strauss\, Austrian Minister for Women\nRound table “How women leaders change the world”\nStatement by Switzerland in the plenary\nMinisterial dialogue on alliances for social protection\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n63e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme (French-language page)\nCSW63 : table ronde ministérielle sur le travail domestique non rémunéré (French-language page)\nCSW63 : « Closing the Gender Pay Gap »\, événement parallèle (French-language page)\nCSW63 : table ronde « How women leaders change the world » (French-language page)\nCSW63 : dialogue ministériel sur les alliances pour la protection sociale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.03.2019\nFederal Council\, speech of 12.03.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/commission-on-the-status-of-women-csw63-at-the-un/
LOCATION:New York
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190307
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190308
DTSTAMP:20261020T173127Z
CREATED:20261016T000333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173127Z
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SUMMARY:Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the Rencontres du 7e Art in Lausanne\, a festival founded by Vincent Perez. \nHe opens with a mock settling of scores with “Monsieur Couchepin”: not his predecessor at the FDHA\, but Aloïs Couchepin\, the character played by Vincent Perez in the comedy “Bienvenue en Suisse” (2004). \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontres 7e art Lausanne (Fra\, Eng) (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 07.03.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rencontres-7e-art-lausanne-2/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190215
DTSTAMP:20261020T173127Z
CREATED:20261016T002346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173127Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Swiss Literature Awards 2019. The Grand Award goes to Zsuzsanna Gahse; the Special Award for Mediation to the Centre de traduction littéraire de Lausanne and the Looren Translation House. \nHis speech has a title: “Literatur – die Feindin der Rechthaberei”. He quotes Susan Sontag and defends empathy as literature’s most topical quality\, in a world shrunk by the internet. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de littérature 2019 : « Literatur – die Feindin der Rechthaberei » (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-ceremony-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190201
DTSTAMP:20261020T173126Z
CREATED:20261016T000325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173126Z
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SUMMARY:Health2020 national conference on digitalisation
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Alain Berset brings together some 300 health policy stakeholders for the sixth Health2020 national conference\, devoted to the digitalisation of the health system. \nHe opens with a figure: about 350\,000 health apps for smartphones\, and 200 new ones every day. The problem\, he says\, is the gap between what technology allows and how the health system is organised. Policy must build everyone’s digital skills\, make better use of data and guarantee trust in their safe use. The priority of the eHealth Switzerland 2.0 strategy is the introduction of the electronic patient record. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale Santé2020 : la numérisation dans le système de santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 31.01.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/health2020-national-conference-on-digitalisation/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190127
DTSTAMP:20261020T173126Z
CREATED:20261016T000322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173126Z
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SUMMARY:Vogel Gryff: guest of honour at the Gryffe-Mähli
DESCRIPTION:On the day of Vogel Gryff\, the great festival of Kleinbasel\, Alain Berset is the guest of honour at the Gryffe-Mähli\, the banquet of the three honorary societies (Drei Ehrengesellschaften Kleinbasels). \nHe gives the guest’s speech\, on the theme of misunderstandings. After the formal greetings\, he thanks his hosts in Basel dialect. \nSources \n\nBlick\, 26.01.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vogel-gryff-guest-of-honour-at-the-gryffe-mahli/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190125
DTSTAMP:20261020T173125Z
CREATED:20261016T000319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173125Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 54th Solothurn Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Solothurn Film Festival at the Reithalle\, arriving straight from Davos. He starts from good news from America to speak about the place of cinema: film remains\, “ob gestreamt oder im Kino”\, the main medium through which a society understands itself. \nHe sees in recent Swiss cinema a return to political seriousness. And he widens the view: “Die Alternativlosigkeit wird gegenwärtig als das entlarvt\, was sie ist: Denkfaulheit\, Phantasielosigkeit\, Kleinmut.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSolothurner Filmtage (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 24.01.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-54th-solothurn-film-festival/
LOCATION:Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190125
DTSTAMP:20261020T173125Z
CREATED:20261016T000315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173125Z
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SUMMARY:World Economic Forum 2019: health\, culture and bilateral talks
DESCRIPTION:Four members of the Federal Council attend the WEF annual meeting. Alain Berset puts health policy at the centre: drug prices\, digitalisation\, patient safety. He meets several health ministers\, including Jens Spahn (Germany)\, Bruno Bruins (Netherlands) and Matt Hancock (United Kingdom)\, and takes part in a forum session on cooperation in health. \nHe also sees Audrey Azoulay\, Director-General of UNESCO\, on Switzerland’s commitment to the organisation and on building culture; Pierre Moscovici\, European Commissioner\, on relations between Switzerland and the European Union; Peter Maurer\, President of the ICRC\, with whom he discusses the Central African Republic\, which he will visit in May. \nOn 24 January\, after a press briefing at the House of Switzerland\, he leaves Davos for Solothurn\, where he opens the Solothurn Film Festival that same evening. \nTuesday 22 January 2019 — Davos\n\nOpening plenary session of the annual meeting\nMeeting with Peter Maurer\, President of the ICRC\nMeeting with Alfredo Moreno Charme\, Chilean Minister of Social Development (old-age provision)\nMeeting with the Saudi film director Haifaa Al Mansour\nOpening of the House of Switzerland\n\nWednesday 23 January 2019 — Davos\n\nMeeting with Bruno Bruins\, Dutch Minister for Medical Care\nMeeting with Joël Mesot\, President of ETH Zurich\nMeeting with Vas Narasimhan\, CEO of Novartis (drug prices)\nMeeting with Pierre Moscovici\, European Commissioner\nMeeting with Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty (Uber) on platform workers\nMeeting with Audrey Azoulay\, Director-General of UNESCO\n\nThursday 24 January 2019 — Davos\, Solothurn\n\nMeeting with Jens Spahn\, German Minister of Health\nWEF session on health: “Together for a Healthier World”\nMeeting with Matt Hancock\, British Health Secretary\nPress briefing at the House of Switzerland\nOpening of the Solothurn Film Festival\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.01.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/world-economic-forum-2019-health-culture-and-bilateral-talks/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190113
DTSTAMP:20261020T173125Z
CREATED:20261016T002339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173125Z
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SUMMARY:Landwehr Epiphany evening
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the guest of the traditional Epiphany evening of the Landwehr\, the official band of the State and City of Fribourg. In the hall: the President of the Council of State\, federal parliamentarians\, members of the cantonal government and of the consular corps. \nThe speech is a piece of humour built on the model of Erik Satie’s “Sonatine bureaucratique”: “a bureaucratic sonatina\, that is what we should call every official address”. Nonsense serves as the key to the score. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSoirée des Rois de la Landwehr (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/landwehr-epiphany-evening/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181212
DTSTAMP:20261020T173125Z
CREATED:20261015T213916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173125Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials: five new ambassadors
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives the credentials of the ambassadors of Sierra Leone\, Lansana Gberie\, Chad\, Makaila Ahmad\, Honduras\, Giampaolo Rizzo Alvarado\, Mozambique\, Amadeu Paulo Samuel da Conceição\, and Myanmar\, Kyaw Moe Tun. All are resident in Geneva. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.12.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-five-new-ambassadors/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181206
DTSTAMP:20261020T173124Z
CREATED:20261015T213914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173124Z
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SUMMARY:Election of Ueli Maurer as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2019
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Assembly elects Ueli Maurer President of the Swiss Confederation for 2019\, with 201 votes\, the best result since 1989. \nAlain Berset\, the outgoing President\, speaks at the celebration held in Berne in honour of his successor. \nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch\, 05.12.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/election-of-ueli-maurer-as-president-of-the-swiss-confederation-for-2019/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181205
DTSTAMP:20261020T173124Z
CREATED:20261015T213912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173124Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Swiss delegation that receives Michelle Bachelet\, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights since September. Ignazio Cassis and members of the foreign affairs committees of both chambers attend. \nHe stresses the political and financial means that the Office of the High Commissioner and the Human Rights Council need. The talks also cover the crises that threaten human rights and the shrinking space for civil society. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.12.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-michelle-bachelet/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181204
DTSTAMP:20261020T173124Z
CREATED:20261015T213909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173124Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of COP24 in Katowice
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens COP24 with some 45 heads of state or government. At stake at the conference: the implementation rules of the Paris Agreement. The summit presents the Silesia Declaration on a just transition. \nIn his national statement\, he recalls that the average temperature in Switzerland has risen by two degrees since 1864 and that the glaciers have lost a fifth of their volume in ten years. He defends transparent and verifiable rules\, rejects “any attempt to weaken the implementation of the Paris Agreement” and announces more than 120 million dollars in new Swiss climate contributions. “Those who move first today will be the winners of tomorrow.” \nDoris Leuthard takes over for the ministerial segment on 12 December. \nMonday 3 December 2018 — Katowice\n\nWelcome of the heads of state by Polish President Andrzej Duda\, family photo\nOpening ceremony of the COP24 summit\nPresentation of the Silesia Declaration on a just transition\nNational statements: speech by Alain Berset\nMeetings with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte\, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev\nMeeting with President Andrzej Duda\nMeeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres\nPress conference\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique à Katowice (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, text of the speech\, 03.12.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-cop24-in-katowice/
LOCATION:Katowice
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181201
DTSTAMP:20261020T173124Z
CREATED:20261015T213906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173124Z
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SUMMARY:Celebration of the UNESCO inscription of avalanche risk management
DESCRIPTION:On 29 November\, in Port Louis\, UNESCO inscribes avalanche risk management\, a joint nomination by Switzerland and Austria\, on the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The next day\, Valais celebrates the inscription at the Arsenaux cultural centre in Sion\, with Alain Berset and the President of the Council of State\, Esther Waeber-Kalbermatten. \nHis speech sets Cujo\, Stephen King’s rabid St Bernard\, against Barry\, the dog of the Great St Bernard Hospice\, said to have saved some forty people. From the goat horns of the “Woldmannli” of Andermatt to computer readings\, he traces knowledge passed down from generation to generation: “the dogs will gradually have been replaced by chips”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours à la fête de l’inscription de la gestion du danger d’avalanches au patrimoine immatériel de l’UNESCO (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nState of Valais\, press release of 30.11.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/celebration-of-the-unesco-inscription-of-avalanche-risk-management/
LOCATION:Sion
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181130
DTSTAMP:20261020T173123Z
CREATED:20261015T213903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173123Z
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SUMMARY:40 years of the Federal Commission for Child and Youth Affairs
DESCRIPTION:At the PROGR cultural centre in Berne\, the Federal Commission for Child and Youth Affairs (FCCY) celebrates its 40th anniversary with the actors of child and youth policy\, around its President\, Sami Kanaan. An exhibition traces its history\, from the youth protests of 1980 to the digital age. \nAlain Berset speaks about young people and digital technology. He mocks the catalogues of skills demanded of children – “Die armen Kinder!” – and hopes that young people will open “a new Age of Enlightenment”. “The strength of a country is measured by the well-being of its young people.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nEidgenössischen Kommission für Kinder- und Jugendfragen (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, FSIO press release of 28.11.2018\nFederal Council\, text of the speech\, 29.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/40-years-of-the-federal-commission-for-child-and-youth-affairs/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181129
DTSTAMP:20261020T173123Z
CREATED:20261015T213859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173123Z
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SUMMARY:Celebration for Jean-René Fournier\, President of the Council of States
DESCRIPTION:Valais celebrates the election of Jean-René Fournier (CVP) as President of the Council of States\, with 44 votes out of 45. A special train takes the guests from Berne to Visp\, then to Sion for a procession. The day ends with a banquet in Conthey. \nAlain Berset speaks as President of the Swiss Confederation\, alongside Gerhard Pfister and Hans Stöckli. \nSources \n\nSRF\, 28.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/celebration-for-jean-rene-fournier-president-of-the-council-of-states/
LOCATION:Conthey
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181128
DTSTAMP:20261020T173123Z
CREATED:20261015T213857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173123Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials: Brazil\, Estonia\, Jamaica
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset receives the credentials of the new ambassadors of Brazil\, Evandro de Sampaio Didonet\, of Estonia\, Toomas Kukk (resident in Vienna)\, and of Jamaica\, Cheryl Kay Spencer (resident in Geneva). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-brazil-estonia-jamaica/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181128
DTSTAMP:20261020T173123Z
CREATED:20261015T213855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173123Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Council objectives for 2019 before the Council of States
DESCRIPTION:At the start of the winter session\, Alain Berset presents to the Council of States the Federal Council’s objectives for 2019\, the last year of the 2015–2019 legislative period. They follow the three guidelines of the legislative period: prosperity\, national cohesion\, security. \nThe programme contains 96 measures in 25 policy areas\, spread across all the departments. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-council-objectives-for-2019-before-the-council-of-states/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181123
DTSTAMP:20261020T173121Z
CREATED:20261015T213853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173121Z
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SUMMARY:Video message to the Climate Vulnerable Forum virtual summit
DESCRIPTION:Ahead of COP24\, Alain Berset addresses by video the virtual summit of the Climate Vulnerable Forum\, which brings together the countries most exposed to climate change. The summit is organised by the Marshall Islands. \n“The average temperature in Switzerland has risen by two degrees since 1850.” The Swiss glaciers are lost\, he says\, but there is still time to avoid worse. He calls for rapid and binding implementation of the Paris Agreement\, “even if it may be too late to save the Swiss glaciers”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nMessage vidéo au sommet virtuel du Climate Vulnerable Forum (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/video-message-to-the-climate-vulnerable-forum-virtual-summit/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181121
DTSTAMP:20261020T173121Z
CREATED:20261015T213850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173121Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
DESCRIPTION:The fourth meeting of the year with Sebastian Kurz\, who comes to Berne as Chancellor and as holder of the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. At the centre: the framework agreement between Switzerland and the EU\, Brexit\, the record of the Austrian presidency and the rapprochement of the Western Balkans. “Für die Schweiz ist die Qualität des Abkommens wichtiger als ein Abschluss zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt.” \nThey also discuss migration and the reform of Dublin\, the Iran nuclear agreement\, Russia\, Ukraine and Turkey. The two leaders exchange the instruments of ratification of the air policing agreement signed in Salzburg in September 2017. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDéclaration à la presse lors de la visite du chancelier autrichien Sebastian Kurz (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-by-austrian-chancellor-sebastian-kurz/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181114
DTSTAMP:20261020T173121Z
CREATED:20261015T213846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173121Z
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Libya in Palermo
DESCRIPTION:From Rome\, Alain Berset travels to Palermo for the international conference on Libya\, at the invitation of the Italian Prime Minister\, Giuseppe Conte. The aim: to help the UN Special Envoy\, Ghassan Salamé\, and the Libyan leaders stabilise the country. Switzerland supports this UN process. \nField Marshal Khalifa Haftar comes to Palermo for a restricted meeting organised by Conte on the sidelines of the conference; he lets it be known that he will not take part in the conference itself. \nMonday 12 November 2018 — Palermo\n\nDinner hosted by the President of the Council of Ministers for the heads of delegation\, Villa Igiea\n\nTuesday 13 November 2018 — Palermo\n\nPlenary session chaired by Giuseppe Conte\nPress conference by the President of the Council of Ministers\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.11.2018\nAdnkronos\, 12.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/international-conference-on-libya-in-palermo/
LOCATION:Palerme
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181113
DTSTAMP:20261020T173121Z
CREATED:20261015T213843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173121Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to the Holy See\, Swiss Guard and Istituto Svizzero
DESCRIPTION:On 12 November\, Alain Berset is received in audience by Pope Francis\, five months after the Pope’s visit to Geneva. They discuss peace\, human rights and international humanitarian law\, a hundred years after the end of the First World War. With the Cardinal Secretary of State\, Pietro Parolin\, and Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher\, he discusses crisis areas\, migration and the fight against human trafficking. \nHe then visits the Pontifical Swiss Guard\, whose numbers are increasing and whose barracks are to be rebuilt. Before the guards\, he jokes about the British minister Philip Hammond\, who saw robots replacing the government: the Guard\, for its part\, is irreplaceable. “Acriter et Fideliter!” \nThe evening before\, he had visited the Swiss Institute in Rome\, at the Villa Maraini. He pays tribute there to a palace built on a former rubbish dump: “eine ideale Lage für kreative Arbeit”. \nSunday 11 November 2018 — Rome\n\nEvening at the Swiss Institute in Rome (Villa Maraini)\, meeting with the institute’s members\, address\n\nMonday 12 November 2018 — Vatican City\n\nOfficial welcome at the Vatican\nAudience with Pope Francis\nMeeting with the Cardinal Secretary of State\, Pietro Parolin\, and Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher\, Secretary for Relations with States\nPress conference\nVisit to the Pontifical Swiss Guard: welcome by Commander Christoph Graf\, address\, meal with the guards\, visit to the armoury\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nAllocution devant la Garde suisse pontificale (in German\, French-language page)\nAllocution à l’Istituto Svizzero de Rome (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.11.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-the-holy-see-swiss-guard-and-istituto-svizzero/
LOCATION:Vatican
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181112
DTSTAMP:20261020T173120Z
CREATED:20261015T213839Z
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SUMMARY:Armistice centenary and Paris Peace Forum
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Emmanuel Macron\, Alain Berset attends the commemorations of the centenary of the 1918 Armistice\, with more than sixty heads of state and government. Switzerland is invited in tribute to its humanitarian action during the First World War: its neutrality had allowed it to offer its good offices. \nOn the afternoon of the 11th\, he takes part in the opening of the first Paris Peace Forum\, at the Grande Halle de la Villette\, then in a round table on “Peace and Security” with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta\, moderated by Thierry de Montbrial. \nSaturday 10 November 2018 — Paris\n\nDinner hosted by the President of the Republic for the heads of state and government\, at the Musée d’Orsay\n\nSunday 11 November 2018 — Paris\n\nMeeting of the heads of state at the Élysée Palace\nArmistice centenary ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe\nLunch hosted by the President of the Republic at the Élysée Palace\nOpening of the Paris Peace Forum\, Grande Halle de la Villette\nRound table “Peace and Security”\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.11.2018\nThierry de Montbrial\, round table of 11.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/armistice-centenary-and-paris-peace-forum/
LOCATION:Paris
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181110
DTSTAMP:20261020T173120Z
CREATED:20261015T213837Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Federal Council delegation at the Von Wattenwyl talks with the party and parliamentary group leaders of the CVP\, FDP\, SP and SVP. Johann Schneider-Ammann\, Ignazio Cassis and Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr also attend. \nFour topics: foreign economic policy in the face of protectionism\, the framework agreement with the EU\, Switzerland’s candidacy for the Security Council for 2023–2024 and the UN Migration Pact. The Federal Council repeats that it will conclude no agreement “that does not take account of Switzerland’s vital interests”. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181106
DTSTAMP:20261020T173120Z
CREATED:20261015T213835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173120Z
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SUMMARY:economiesuisse conference against the self-determination initiative
DESCRIPTION:In the evening\, in Bulle\, Alain Berset speaks at an economiesuisse conference in the campaign against the initiative “Swiss law instead of foreign judges”. He opens with the stock market bestiary\, from the Bulle bull to the Bernese bear. \nThen he takes the initiative apart: Switzerland decides in full sovereignty which treaties it concludes\, and the people have the last word on the most important ones. A yes would bring the threat of denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights. “Switzerland must remain a reliable partner.” He concludes in Gruyère style: “Don’t sell the bull’s hide before you have killed it.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours contre l’initiative pour l’autodétermination à la conférence d’economiesuisse (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/economiesuisse-conference-against-the-self-determination-initiative/
LOCATION:Bulle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181106
DTSTAMP:20261020T173120Z
CREATED:20261015T213832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173120Z
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SUMMARY:Foreign Press Association in Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the guest at the lunch of the Foreign Press Association in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In his speech\, he describes a “slow erosion of the rules-based international order” and links it to the self-determination initiative\, put to the vote on 25 November. The text\, he says\, would threaten every treaty\, from the WTO to the European Convention on Human Rights. \nAt table\, he turns to humour. On Brexit: “Fortunately\, we in Switzerland have already sorted out our relationship with the EU…” And on Swiss slowness\, a punchline: the Federal Council has set up a working group\, which will deliver its interim report in five years. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours devant l’Association de la presse étrangère en Suisse (APES) (French-language page)\nAllocution de table devant l’Association de la presse étrangère en Suisse (APES) (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/foreign-press-association-in-switzerland/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181104
DTSTAMP:20261020T173119Z
CREATED:20261015T213828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173119Z
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SUMMARY:Centenary of the 1918 general strike\, Swiss National Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the Swiss National Museum in Zurich\, Alain Berset speaks at the opening of the exhibition on the general strike of November 1918: 250\,000 strikers\, three days of national shutdown\, the army deployed\, three dead in Grenchen. \nHe sees it as a “Stunde der Wahrheit” for Swiss democracy and a lesson in compromise: “Wir sind eine Kompromissnation – oder wir sind keine Nation.” He links it to the digital economy and bogus self-employment: “Auch im Zeitalter von Uber ist ein funktionierender Sozialstaat alles andere als Uber-flüssig.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLandesstreik 1918 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, text of the speech\, 03.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/centenary-of-the-1918-general-strike-swiss-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181102
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Romania
DESCRIPTION:A visit to Romania\, which will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time from January 2019. It is the first bilateral presidential visit since 2011. At the Cotroceni Palace\, Alain Berset discusses with President Klaus Iohannis the institutional agreement under negotiation between Switzerland and the EU\, the integration of the Western Balkans and the second Swiss enlargement contribution. \nIn the afternoon\, he meets Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă. In his toast\, he marks the centenary of the Great Union of 1918\, recalls the artistic ties between the two countries\, from Tristan Tzara to Daniel Spoerri\, born in Galați\, and wishes success to the European summit in Sibiu. The day before\, he had visited the Muzeul de Artă Recentă and met Romanian artists. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nToast au palais Cotroceni lors de la visite officielle en Roumanie (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-romania/
LOCATION:Bucarest
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181031
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit by the President of Malta\, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives the President of Malta\, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca\, in Berne on an official visit. On the agenda: bilateral relations\, European policy\, migration in the Mediterranean. Both countries want a reform of the Dublin system\, for a fairer sharing of refugees in Europe. \nThey also discuss Syria and Libya\, two weeks before the Palermo conference\, the institutional agreement with the EU and the second Swiss contribution to selected member states\, including Malta. The visit returns the one made by Johann Schneider-Ammann to Malta in 2016. Switzerland and Malta jointly founded the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (1990) and DiploFoundation (2002). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 30.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-by-the-president-of-malta-marie-louise-coleiro-preca/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181027
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture at the Blavatnik School of Government\, Oxford
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Dean Ngaire Woods\, Alain Berset speaks to students of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford\, then takes questions from the audience and from Swiss students at Oxford. Subject: democracy in the face of inequality. \nThe title of the lecture: “Boring can be good”. He starts from Oscar Wilde\, for whom the Swiss had less expression than their cows\, and turns it into a praise of slowness: “Stability is boring\, but stability is good.” Direct democracy serves as an “early warning system” against resentment. But it is not an autopilot: “Switzerland also had its Brexit moment”\, he says of the 2014 initiative against mass immigration. \nHe mentions the self-determination initiative\, put to the vote a month later\, and concludes on equal opportunities: “It is by strengthening others\, that we strengthen ourselves.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours à l’Université d’Oxford (Blavatnik School of Government) : « Boring can be good » (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/lecture-at-the-blavatnik-school-of-government-oxford/
LOCATION:Oxford
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181026
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Second Digitaltag\, Zurich main station
DESCRIPTION:The second national digital day\, organised by digitalswitzerland in a dozen stations and venues across the country. Alain Berset speaks at Zurich main station. Johann Schneider-Ammann and Ignazio Cassis also take part in the day. \nHis speech asks two questions: what must change\, and what must be kept? To change: education\, social insurance\, data protection\, so that no one is left behind in the platform economy. To keep: the Swiss balance between competitiveness and social and regional compensation. “Wir dürfen nicht einer digitalen Euphorie verfallen und auch keinem digitalen Fatalismus.” \nHe then answers questions from the audience. On jobs: “Einige Jobs werden sicher verschwinden.” On a self-driving official car\, he remains sceptical: “Ich fahre sehr gerne selber Auto.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au Digitaltag 2018 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch (SDA/ATS)\, 25.10.2018\nNetzwoche\, 26.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/second-digitaltag-zurich-main-station/
LOCATION:Zurich
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