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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180522
DTSTAMP:20261020T173106Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 71st World Health Assembly and 70 years of the WHO
DESCRIPTION:In Geneva\, Alain Berset opens the 71st World Health Assembly\, the first under Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director-General. The WHO is 70 years old. His speech traces the history of global health\, from the first International Sanitary Conference in 1851 to the Spanish flu. He also names the failures: in the face of Ebola in West Africa\, “the WHO’s response was not up to the task”. \nIn the afternoon\, with the Afghan Minister of Public Health\, Ferozuddin Feroz\, he hosts an event on universal health coverage in emergencies\, the central theme of the Assembly. Bilateral meetings are announced with France\, Germany\, Canada and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. \nIn the evening\, Switzerland hosts a reception at the Palais des Nations for the WHO’s 70th anniversary. “The WHO stands for trust”\, he says: in twenty-five years\, deaths of children under five have fallen from more than twelve million to five and a half million a year\, but 15\,000 children still die every day. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n71e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\nRéception de la Suisse pour les 70 ans de l’OMS (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.05.2018\nFederal Council\, speech of 21.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-71st-world-health-assembly-and-70-years-of-the-who/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180516
DTSTAMP:20261020T173106Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173106Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein\, High Commissioner for Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein\, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights\, in Berne. The Jordanian diplomat has announced that he will not seek a second term; his mandate ends on 31 August 2018.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-zeid-raad-al-hussein-high-commissioner-for-human-rights/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180515
DTSTAMP:20261020T173105Z
CREATED:20261015T213538Z
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SUMMARY:State visit to Latvia in its centenary year
DESCRIPTION:In 2018\, Latvia celebrates the centenary of its independence. On 14 May\, President Raimonds Vējonis welcomes Alain Berset with honours at Riga Castle. The talks cover the economy\, where potential remains untapped\, vocational training and research: more than 40 joint projects in “Horizon 2020”. Alain Berset sets out the state of negotiations with the EU and the possible second Swiss contribution. Russia\, Ukraine and transatlantic relations are also discussed. In June\, Latvia takes over the chairmanship of the Nuclear Suppliers Group from Switzerland. \nThe visit recalls an old link. The Latvian national poets Rainis and Aspazija lived in exile in Ticino; their exhibition rooms in Castagnola reopen for the centenary\, with the support of Lugano. Switzerland had opened a consulate in Riga as early as 1868. \nAt the National Library\, Alain Berset presents “L’homme et le temps en Suisse\, 1291-1991”\, a history of watchmaking. The lesson he draws from it: “this excellence came largely from immigrants”. \nSunday 13 May 2018 — Riga\n\nLiterary tour of the Old Town\nVisit to the RIXC Centre for New Media Culture\n\nMonday 14 May 2018 — Riga\n\nOfficial welcome ceremony at Riga Castle by President Raimonds Vējonis\nGuest book\, one-to-one meeting\, then official talks between the delegations\nJoint press conference\nWreath-laying at the Freedom Monument\nOfficial lunch at Riga Castle\nBook presentation ceremony at the National Library of Latvia\, visit to the library\nVisit to the National History Museum\nDiscussion on the security architecture with representatives of Latvian think tanks\nInterview with the Latvian press\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le président letton Raimonds Vējonis (French-language page)\nToast lors de la visite présidentielle en Lettonie (French-language page)\nDon d’un ouvrage à la Bibliothèque nationale de Lettonie (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.05.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/state-visit-to-latvia-in-its-centenary-year/
LOCATION:Riga
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180512
DTSTAMP:20261020T173105Z
CREATED:20261015T213532Z
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SUMMARY:71st Cannes Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset spends the day at the Cannes Film Festival. He visits the Marché du Film and the Village International\, where the City of Cannes welcomes him at the Swiss pavilion. He stops at the Mexican stand: Switzerland and Mexico have just ratified a film co-production agreement. \nHe has lunch with Swiss film professionals\, among them the filmmaker Ursula Meier\, President of the Caméra d’or jury. In the evening\, at the Grand Théâtre Lumière\, he attends the screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s “The Image Book” (“Le Livre d’image”)\, the only Swiss film in competition for the Palme d’or. Two Swiss co-productions are also in competition: “Happy as Lazzaro” (“Lazzaro felice”) by Alice Rohrwacher and “Knife + Heart” (“Un couteau dans le cœur”) by Yann Gonzalez. The day ends with a reception by the Federal Office of Culture at the Swiss Films stand. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/71st-cannes-film-festival/
LOCATION:Cannes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180509
DTSTAMP:20261020T173105Z
CREATED:20261015T214506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173105Z
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SUMMARY:International Geneva: UN\, UNHCR and WHO
DESCRIPTION:A day of meetings in Geneva. At the Palais des Nations\, Michael Møller\, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva\, receives Alain Berset. A visit to the renovation site of the Palais (Strategic Heritage Plan) and to the Council Chamber\, where the Conference on Disarmament meets\, then talks. \nNext come a meeting with Filippo Grandi\, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees\, then a meeting with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, Director-General of the WHO\, followed by a working lunch. Thirteen days later\, Alain Berset will open the 71st World Health Assembly\, the first of Tedros’s term. \nSources \n\nUN\, photo library: “President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset’s official visit to the United Nations Office at Geneva”
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/international-geneva-un-unhcr-and-who/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180506
DTSTAMP:20261020T173105Z
CREATED:20261015T213527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173105Z
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SUMMARY:Message for the Council of Europe’s Europe Day
DESCRIPTION:For 5 May\, the Council of Europe’s Europe Day\, the President of the Swiss Confederation publishes a written message. He recalls the founding of the organisation in 1949\, Switzerland’s accession in 1963 and the place of the European Convention on Human Rights\, “a major pillar of the European legal system”. \nThe text does not hide the difficulties: the corruption allegations against the Parliamentary Assembly\, polarisation\, states that apply the Court’s judgments only selectively or use their contributions as a means of pressure. The Federal Council supports the reforms under way and rejects the initiative “Swiss law instead of foreign judges”. International law\, he writes\, “protects small states by obliging the larger ones to respect rules defined in common”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nMessage pour la Journée de l’Europe du Conseil de l’Europe (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, message published on 04.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/message-for-the-council-of-europes-europe-day/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180505
DTSTAMP:20261020T173104Z
CREATED:20261015T213524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173104Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks: cybersecurity and relations with the EU
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Federal Council delegation at the Von Wattenwyl talks\, with Ueli Maurer and Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr. Facing them: the party and parliamentary group leaders of the CVP\, FDP\, SP and SVP. \nFirst topic: cybersecurity. On 18 April\, the Federal Council adopted the National Strategy for the Protection of Switzerland against Cyber Risks 2018–2022. Ueli Maurer explains that the Confederation must review its policy and adapt it. The Federal Department of Finance is tasked with planning its implementation. The discussion covers coordination between departments and the division of roles between cybersecurity\, cyber defence and criminal prosecution. \nSecond topic: Europe. The delegation presents the arbitration solution outlined for settling disputes with the EU and reaffirms that the accompanying measures will be maintained. On the second Swiss contribution\, the Federal Council is waiting for the end of the consultation and the overall state of relations before deciding. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks-cybersecurity-and-relations-with-the-eu/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180501
DTSTAMP:20261020T173103Z
CREATED:20261015T213522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173103Z
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SUMMARY:Speech at the Europa Forum Lucerne
DESCRIPTION:The Europa Forum Luzern holds its public evening at the KKL under the title “Schweiz-EU am Scheideweg?”. Alain Berset gives the opening speech; a debate follows\, moderated by Sebastian Ramspeck (SRF)\, with Michael Matthiessen\, EU Ambassador to Switzerland\, MEP Andreas Schwab\, National Councillor Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter\, Markus Somm and Thomas Kirchner. \nThe President starts from the historian Herbert Lüthy: Switzerland has always lived between economic necessity and political distrust of Europe\, and is none the worse for it. “Wir sind EU-skeptisch\, weil wir so europäisch sind. Aber wir sind ganz bestimmt keine Anti-Europäer.” He defends the bilateral approach\, rejects the charge of “Rosinenpickerei” and recalls the accompanying measures. His conclusion: the EU and Switzerland will find a good solution “früher oder später”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au Forum Europa de Lucerne (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nNau.ch\, 30.04.2018\nMoneycab\, Europa Forum 2018 announcement
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/speech-at-the-europa-forum-lucerne/
LOCATION:Lucerne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180427
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180428
DTSTAMP:20261020T173103Z
CREATED:20261015T213519Z
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SUMMARY:Annual meeting of the Global Leadership Foundation
DESCRIPTION:The Global Leadership Foundation brings together former heads of state and government who advise serving leaders discreetly. It holds its annual meeting in Berne\, where it has its seat. It is its sixth meeting in Switzerland\, the first in the capital. Alain Berset addresses its members. \nHe quotes Fletcher Knebel: “Statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.” Then he lists the tensions: protracted conflicts\, disruptive technologies\, climate\, national withdrawal and distrust of multilateralism. His answer: international cooperation\, the 2030 Agenda\, education against radicalisation. And a warning on inequality: “The mainstream of society must see society as being fair – otherwise it will use its veto.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAllocution à l’assemblée annuelle de la Global Leadership Foundation (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nWar Prevention Initiative\, report on the 2018 GLF annual meeting
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/annual-meeting-of-the-global-leadership-foundation/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180427
DTSTAMP:20261020T173104Z
CREATED:20261015T213515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173104Z
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SUMMARY:State visit by German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset welcomes Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender at Zurich Airport; a special train takes them to Kehrsatz\, then to Berne\, where the Federal Council in corpore receives them with military honours. Talks at the Bernerhof: bilateral trade (nearly 100 billion francs in 2017)\, Zurich Airport\, the institutional agreement with the EU\, migration\, Iran\, Korea. Before the press: “Deutschland und die Schweiz sind heute eine Wertegemeinschaft.” At the state dinner\, the President jokes about grand coalitions: the German “GroKo” would trigger a state crisis in Switzerland\, “weil sie für die Schweiz viel zu klein wäre”. \n26 April is devoted to democracy and sustainable development. At the University of Fribourg\, the two presidents debate the future of democracy in the digital age with students. Then come the “NeighborHub” solar pavilion at Bluefactory with Doris Leuthard\, St. Nicholas Cathedral\, a flight over the Aletsch Glacier\, and the grave of the Mann family in Kilchberg. \nWednesday 25 April 2018 — Zurich\, Kehrsatz\, Berne\n\nWelcome at Zurich Airport\, special train to Kehrsatz\, welcome by the municipality\nReception by the Federal Council in corpore with military honours\nWelcome addresses at the Federal Palace\nOfficial talks at the Bernerhof\nJoint press conference\nState dinner hosted by the Federal Council\, dinner speech by the President\n\nThursday 26 April 2018 — Fribourg\, Kilchberg\n\nRound table with students at the University of Fribourg on democracy in the 21st century\nVisit to the “NeighborHub” solar pavilion at Bluefactory\, with Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard\nVisit to St. Nicholas Cathedral\nFlight over the Aletsch Glacier\nVisit to the grave of the Mann family in Kilchberg\nFarewell at Zurich Airport\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nBesuch von Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier (in German\, French-language page)\nPoint de presse avec le président fédéral allemand Frank-Walter Steinmeier (in German\, French-language page)\nDiscours de table pour la visite d’État de Frank-Walter Steinmeier (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.04.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.04.2018\nBundespräsident\, programme of the visit to Switzerland
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/state-visit-by-german-federal-president-frank-walter-steinmeier/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180416
DTSTAMP:20261020T173102Z
CREATED:20261015T213510Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Japan and Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset’s first visit to Japan. On 12 April\, Shinzo Abe welcomes him with military honours at the Kantei. Their talks cover the update of the 2009 free trade agreement\, research\, Japan’s G20 presidency in 2019\, ASEM\, the Korean peninsula and the Tokyo 2020 Games. Before the press\, Alain Berset says Switzerland is ready to help ease tensions in Korea. At the dinner hosted by Abe\, he makes the case for multilateralism: today’s challenges “cannot be met by a single country\, even a hyperpower”. \nOn 14 April\, as health minister\, he speaks at the third Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety\, hosted by Katsunobu Kato. In Switzerland\, he points out\, preventable adverse events cost 420\,000 days of hospitalisation every year\, the capacity of a large hospital. He calls for the adoption of the Tokyo Declaration and for a World Patient Safety Day recognised by the WHO. The programme also includes Honda\, the digital art studio Rhizomatiks\, kabuki and a “Japan-Swiss Night” at the ambassador’s residence. \nThursday 12 April 2018 — Tokyo\n\nWelcome ceremony with military honours at the Kantei\nOfficial meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\nJoint press statements\nDinner hosted by Shinzo Abe\, toast by the President\n\nFriday 13 April 2018 — Tokyo\n\nVisit to the Hakkaku sumo stable\nVisit to Honda headquarters (robotics\, health technologies\, hydrogen)\nWorking lunch with Japanese experts on the challenges of ageing societies\nVisit to the digital art studio Rhizomatiks\nMinisterial dinner hosted by Katsunobu Kato\, Minister of Health\, Labour and Welfare\, toast by the President\n\nSaturday 14 April 2018 — Tokyo\n\nBilateral meeting with Katsunobu Kato\nAddress at the third Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety\nBilateral meeting with Jeremy Hunt\, British Health Secretary\nKabuki performance by Bando Yajuro\nVisit to the Meiji Shrine\nMeeting with the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan\n“Japan-Swiss Night” at the Swiss ambassador’s residence\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le Premier ministre japonais Shinzo Abe (French-language page)\nToast au dîner offert par le Premier ministre Shinzo Abe (French-language page)\nToast au dîner ministériel du troisième sommet mondial sur la sécurité des patients (French-language page)\nAllocution au troisième sommet ministériel mondial sur la sécurité des patients (French-language page)\nJapan-Swiss Night à la résidence de l’ambassadeur de Suisse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.04.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.04.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-japan-and-global-ministerial-summit-on-patient-safety/
LOCATION:Tokyo
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180411
DTSTAMP:20261020T173102Z
CREATED:20261015T213504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173102Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset receives seven new ambassadors in audience. They present the letters accrediting them to the Federal Council. \nThey represent South Africa (Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele)\, Thailand (Chakri Srichawana)\, New Zealand (Rupert Thomas Holborow\, resident in Berlin)\, Guatemala (Arturo Romeo Duarte Ortiz)\, Indonesia (Muliaman Dharmansyah Hadad)\, the Philippines (Denis Yap Lepatan) and the Republic of the Congo (Aimé Clovis Guillond\, resident in Geneva). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.04.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180404
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180405
DTSTAMP:20261020T173102Z
CREATED:20261015T213501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173102Z
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SUMMARY:Art Paris: Switzerland as guest of honour
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland is the guest of honour at the 20th Art Paris Art Fair\, at the Grand Palais\, from 5 to 8 April. Thirteen Swiss galleries from Berne\, Geneva\, Lausanne\, Zurich and Neuchâtel\, and some hundred artists\, with Karine Tissot as curator. The President of the Swiss Confederation speaks at the preview on 4 April. \nHe answers Graham Greene and the “cuckoo clock” of The Third Man: Swiss peace and democracy produced not only the cuckoo clock\, but also the Swiss army knife\, Velcro… and Dada\, born in 1916 at the Cabaret Voltaire. Then he turns serious: France and Switzerland have behind them 500 years of perpetual peace\, celebrated in 2016\, and the Swiss Cultural Centre in Paris is 30 years old. “Let us support our freedom-loving artists.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture d’Art Paris\, la Suisse invitée d’honneur (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nLe Temps\, 03.04.2018\ne-flux\, Art Paris Art Fair 2018 announcement
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/art-paris-switzerland-as-guest-of-honour/
LOCATION:Paris
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180329
DTSTAMP:20261020T173102Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173102Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Council meeting extra muros in St. Gallen
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council meets in corpore in St. Gallen: its thirteenth “extra muros” meeting since 2010. Before the meeting\, the President of the Swiss Confederation holds a press conference on the Klosterplatz. He recalls that the government had not come to St. Gallen as a body since Kurt Furgler’s Federal Council outing in 1985\, and reads two dates\, 1918 and 1968: one warns against the failure of international cooperation\, the other speaks of momentum. \nAfter the meeting\, the public is invited to an aperitif\, with Karin Keller-Sutter\, President of the Council of States. Alain Berset describes an imaginary meeting on a red square in every cantonal capital\, then quotes a survey: the hero of the Swiss is Nelson Mandela. “Die Skepsis gegenüber fremden Richtern ist grösser als gegenüber fremden Helden.” The Federal Council then has lunch with the St. Gallen government. That day\, among other things\, it opened the consultation on a second Swiss contribution to selected EU member states. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSéance extra-muros du Conseil fédéral à Saint-Gall\, point de presse (in German\, French-language page)\nSéance extra-muros du Conseil fédéral à Saint-Gall\, apéritif avec la population (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.03.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 28.03.2018 (second contribution)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-council-meeting-extra-muros-in-st-gallen/
LOCATION:Saint-Gall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180327
DTSTAMP:20261020T173101Z
CREATED:20261015T213454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173101Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by Bulgarian Vice-President Iliana Iotova
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Iliana Iotova in Berne. She is Vice-President of Bulgaria\, which then holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. At the centre of the talks: the Western Balkans\, a priority of the Bulgarian presidency. Some 500\,000 people from the former Yugoslavia and Albania hold Swiss citizenship. Alain Berset says he is ready for joint infrastructure and transport projects in the region: “Bulgaria is a good mediator between the Western Balkans and Switzerland.” \nThey also discuss the future of the EU\, the multiannual financial framework\, Brexit and migration. The President confirms that Switzerland intends to continue its cooperation programme with Bulgaria beyond 2019 (security\, environment\, dual vocational training). An agreement against illicit trafficking in cultural property is in preparation. \nSources \n\nBTA\, 26.03.2018\nNovinite\, 27.03.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-bulgarian-vice-president-iliana-iotova/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180317
DTSTAMP:20261020T173101Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173101Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 32nd Fribourg International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 32nd FIFF before a packed house\, with Georges Godel\, President of the Council of State\, François Nordmann\, President of the association\, and Artistic Director Thierry Jobin\, who places this edition under the sign of courage. Opening film: “Makala” by Emmanuel Gras\, a Swiss premiere. \nThe speech plays on numerology: the number 32 is said to be a bad omen. The President shows the opposite\, in seven points: the FIFF is always “a little ahead”. On women directors\, whom it celebrated long before the MeToo movement; on talent\, from Raoul Peck to Apichatpong Weerasethakul; on its ties with Cannes. “The FIFF\, a festival that makes Fribourg shine in the world and brings the world into Fribourg minds.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 32e Festival international de films de Fribourg (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFIFF\, opening press release of 16.03.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-32nd-fribourg-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180310
DTSTAMP:20261020T173101Z
CREATED:20261015T213448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173101Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 16th International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:The same evening\, Alain Berset opens the 16th FIFDH before some 500 guests from International Geneva and Greater Geneva\, alongside Pascal Crittin\, Director of RTS. Opening film: “Fortuna” by Germinal Roaux\, just presented at the Berlinale. \nThe year marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His speech starts from Martin Luther King and the “dream”: human rights remain an ideal as long as no independent judge sanctions their violation. He reviews recent films that illustrate the Declaration\, article by article: “Detroit”\, “A Separation”\, “Timbuktu”\, “The Post”\, “I\, Daniel Blake”\, “Mustang”. “Cinema is said to be a dream factory. Why should it not also work as a factory of freedoms?” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Festival du film et forum international sur les droits humains (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFIFDH\, press release no. 3\, March 2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-16th-international-film-festival-and-forum-on-human-rights/
LOCATION:Genève
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180310
DTSTAMP:20261020T173101Z
CREATED:20261015T213445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173101Z
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SUMMARY:“Democracy put to the test of fake”: lecture at the University of Geneva
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the Geneva Diplomatic Club\, foraus and the University of Geneva\, Alain Berset gives a lecture at Uni Dufour on disinformation and democracy. The debate that follows\, hosted by Esther Mamarbachi (RTS\, “Infrarouge”)\, brings together Jean-Marc Ayrault\, former French Prime Minister\, and the sociologist Sandro Cattacin. \nHis thesis: no law against fake news. “It is dangerous to determine administratively what is true or false.” The answer lies in critical thinking and a strong press. He describes three trends that reinforce each other: the fragmentation of debate on the internet\, the structural crisis of the media (No Billag\, the crisis at the SDA/ATS news agency)\, polarisation. “In a democracy\, Facebook is not enough. In a democracy\, there must be real dialogue.” Direct democracy and power-sharing are\, in his view\, the best bulwark. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLa démocratie suisse à l’épreuve des fake news (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nUniversity of Geneva\, announcement of the lecture of 09.03.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/democracy-put-to-the-test-of-fake-lecture-at-the-university-of-geneva/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180308
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180309
DTSTAMP:20261020T173100Z
CREATED:20261015T213442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173100Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by the Prime Minister of Bhutan\, Tshering Tobgay
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Tshering Tobgay\, Prime Minister of Bhutan\, in Berne for a working visit. The ties go back to the 1950s\, to the friendship between the king of the time and a Swiss industrialist. From 1978\, the Confederation has been active in Bhutan; in the 1980s and 1990s\, Switzerland was among its main donors. The SDC withdrew at the end of 2016. \nThe relationship is therefore changing in nature: from development cooperation to a political\, economic\, scientific and cultural partnership. An agreement on regular political consultations has just been signed; a Swiss honorary consulate is to open in Bhutan. Alain Berset welcomes the kingdom’s democratisation since its 2008 constitution. The two men also discuss climate change and their cooperation in international forums. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.03.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-prime-minister-of-bhutan-tshering-tobgay/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180307
DTSTAMP:20261020T173100Z
CREATED:20261015T213440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173100Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Liechtenstein
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Hereditary Prince Alois\, Alain Berset is received with honours at Vaduz Castle. He then meets the head of government\, Adrian Hasler. More than 100 treaties bind the two states; more than 9\,000 Swiss cross-border commuters work in the principality every day. On the agenda: the European policy of both countries\, the free movement of persons\, Brexit\, cooperation at the UN and at the International Criminal Court. The President also meets ministers Aurelia Frick (foreign affairs\, justice\, culture) and Mauro Pedrazzini (health and social affairs). \nOne concrete result: young people from Liechtenstein will be able to take part in the “Youth and Music” programme. Before the press\, he pays tribute to a small state with weight: the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the crime of aggression owes much to Liechtenstein. In the evening\, at the dinner hosted by the Hereditary Prince and Princess\, he returns to the tax grey list that had strained relations the previous autumn: “Lieber eine schwarze Piste als eine Graue Liste.” \nMonday 5 March 2018 — Vaduz\n\nWelcome at Vaduz Castle by Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie\, national anthems\nWorking meeting with head of government Adrian Hasler\nPress conference with Adrian Hasler\nLunch hosted by Adrian Hasler\, with ministers Aurelia Frick and Mauro Pedrazzini\nVisit to the Princely Collections\nDinner hosted by the Hereditary Prince at Vaduz Castle\, toast by the President\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le chef du gouvernement liechtensteinois Adrian Hasler (in German\, French-language page)\nToast lors de la visite au Liechtenstein (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.03.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-liechtenstein-2/
LOCATION:Vaduz
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180304
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180305
DTSTAMP:20261020T173100Z
CREATED:20261015T213435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173100Z
UID:45742-1520121600-1520207999@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Television address for the Day of the Sick
DESCRIPTION:The President of the Swiss Confederation addresses the population for the Day of the Sick on 4 March. The theme of the year: “Taking time”\, for the sick and for one’s own health. The address\, in French and German\, is filmed at the paediatric neurorehabilitation centre in Biel/Bienne\, which looks after children with disabilities by the day and by the week. \nAlain Berset speaks about family carers. Some 270\,000 people care for a relative without pay. “The health sector has neither the financial resources nor enough nursing staff to carry out the tasks that family carers take on every day.” He announces proposals under the Health2020 strategy\, including long-term leave for parents of seriously ill children. He concludes: “But don’t forget to take time for yourselves.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAllocution télévisée pour la Journée des malades (French-language page)\nAllocution télévisée pour la Journée des malades 2018 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nDay of the Sick association\, press release 2018 (archive)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/television-address-for-the-day-of-the-sick/
LOCATION:Bienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180301
DTSTAMP:20261020T173100Z
CREATED:20261015T213431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173100Z
UID:45740-1519776000-1519862399@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Official visit by the President of Mozambique\, Filipe Nyusi
DESCRIPTION:The first official visit by a Mozambican head of state since 2009. Alain Berset welcomes Filipe Nyusi with military honours at the Lohn estate. Ignazio Cassis takes part in the talks; on the Mozambican side\, the ministers of foreign affairs and of industry. \nThe two foreign ministers sign an international cooperation agreement\, which sets the framework for Swiss humanitarian\, technical and financial aid. Mozambique has been a priority country for Swiss cooperation since 1979. Since 2016\, Switzerland has chaired the contact group supporting the peace process between the government and Renamo; Alain Berset welcomes the progress made. “A 40-year friendship unites Switzerland and Mozambique”\, he tells the press. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le président du Mozambique Filipe Nyusi (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 28.02.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-by-the-president-of-mozambique-filipe-nyusi/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180228
DTSTAMP:20261020T173059Z
CREATED:20261015T213428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173059Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by the Governor-General of Australia\, Peter Cosgrove
DESCRIPTION:The Governor-General of Australia\, Sir Peter Cosgrove\, and Lady Cosgrove are in Switzerland at the end of February. On the afternoon of the 27th\, Alain Berset receives them at the Federal Palace. \nThe same day\, the vice-regal couple pay tribute to the Australian soldiers buried in the Saint-Martin cemetery in Vevey and meet representatives of Australian business in Zurich. \nSources \n\nGovernor-General of Australia\, programme of 27.02.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-governor-general-of-australia-peter-cosgrove/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180212
DTSTAMP:20261020T173059Z
CREATED:20261015T213426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173059Z
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SUMMARY:South Korea: Moon Jae-in and the PyeongChang Olympic Games
DESCRIPTION:On 8 February in Seoul\, President Moon Jae-in receives Alain Berset. The two presidents discuss scientific cooperation\, South Korea being one of Switzerland’s eight priority countries in this field\, and the update of the twelve-year-old EFTA–Korea free trade agreement. On the peninsula\, Switzerland welcomes the resumption of dialogue between North and South and hopes it will last beyond the Games. \nWith Health Minister Park Neung-hoo\, he closes the Swiss-Korean Innovation Week with a symposium on the life sciences. His thread: Coubertin\, effort and example\, applied to ageing; by 2050\, a third of the population of both countries will be over 65. \nIn PyeongChang\, on 9 February\, he attends the opening ceremony of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games. The next day\, at the House of Switzerland\, he welcomes the Secretary General of La Francophonie\, Michaëlle Jean. His speech starts from Jacques Dubochet\, Nobel laureate in chemistry\, who said he had “invented cold water”\, and from the word “chalet”\, attested in Fribourg as early as 1408. In the evening\, he attends the women’s ice hockey game between Switzerland and the unified Korean team\, won 8–0 by the Swiss. \nThursday 8 February 2018 — Seoul\n\nMeeting with President Moon Jae-in\nMeeting with Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo\nClosing of the Swiss-Korean Innovation Week\, symposium on the life sciences\, address\nVisit to a pharmaceutical company with Swiss partners\n\nFriday 9 February 2018 — PyeongChang\n\nMixed doubles curling match\nVisit to the House of Switzerland and the Swiss Timing facilities\nReception hosted by President Moon Jae-in\nOpening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games\n\nSaturday 10 February 2018 — PyeongChang and Gangneung\n\nMen’s snowboard slopestyle qualification\nVisit to the Olympic Village\nMeeting with Michaëlle Jean\, Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie\nFrancophonie reception at the House of Switzerland\, address\nWomen’s ice hockey game Switzerland–unified Korea\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nSymposium suisso-coréen des sciences de la vie (Swiss-Korean Innovation Week) (French-language page)\nRéception de la Francophonie à la House of Switzerland de PyeongChang (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.02.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.02.2018 (House of Switzerland)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/south-korea-moon-jae-in-and-the-pyeongchang-olympic-games/
LOCATION:Séoul
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180208
DTSTAMP:20261020T173058Z
CREATED:20261015T213422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173058Z
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SUMMARY:First visit by a President of the Swiss Confederation to Bangladesh
DESCRIPTION:No President of the Swiss Confederation had ever been to Bangladesh. Alain Berset spends three days there\, with two aims: solidarity with a country hosting more than 650\,000 Rohingya driven out of Myanmar\, and closer relations with the eighth most populous country in the world. On 5 February\, he meets President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; the two countries adopt a joint declaration. He announces 12 million francs in additional humanitarian aid for 2018\, after 8 million in 2017. \nOn 6 February\, he is in Cox’s Bazar. At Sadar District Hospital\, he hands over 100 beds and diagnostic equipment funded by Switzerland. Then the Kutupalong camp: “I witnessed the tragedy of the people who fled their homes in Myanmar”. The repatriation agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar is a positive step\, he says\, provided that returns are voluntary\, safe and dignified. \nThe economic side matters too: trade has more than doubled since 2010\, driven by textiles. He lays flowers at the National Martyrs’ Memorial and the Bangabandhu Museum\, and recalls that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman saw his country as the “Switzerland of the East”. The visit ends at the Dhaka Art Summit\, supported by Pro Helvetia. \nSunday 4 February 2018 — Dhaka\n\nMeeting with Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali\n\nMonday 5 February 2018 — Dhaka\n\nMeeting with Swiss business leaders\nLaying of flowers at the National Martyrs’ Memorial and the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum\nBangladesh–Switzerland Business Forum\, address\nMeeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\, joint declaration\, press conference\nMeeting with President Abdul Hamid and state banquet\n\nTuesday 6 February 2018 — Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka\n\nHandover of Swiss equipment at Sadar District Hospital\nVisit to the Kutupalong refugee camp\, press statement\nReception hosted by the Swiss Embassy\, address\n\nWednesday 7 February 2018 — Dhaka\n\nMeeting with the Speaker of Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury\, press conference\nVisit to the Dhaka Art Summit\, address\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontre avec les milieux économiques suisses et bangladais (French-language page)\nDéclaration à la presse à Dacca après l’entretien avec la Première ministre Sheikh Hasina (French-language page)\nRemise de la contribution suisse à l’hôpital de district Sadar de Cox’s Bazar (French-language page)\nDéclaration au camp de réfugiés rohingyas de Kutupalong (French-language page)\nRéception à Dacca à l’occasion de la visite officielle au Bangladesh (French-language page)\nVisite du Dhaka Art Summit (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.02.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 30.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-visit-by-a-president-of-the-swiss-confederation-to-bangladesh/
LOCATION:Dacca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180203
DTSTAMP:20261020T173058Z
CREATED:20261015T213414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173058Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks
DESCRIPTION:The first Von Wattenwyl talks of the year. Alain Berset leads the Federal Council delegation\, with Doris Leuthard\, Ignazio Cassis and Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr\, facing the party and parliamentary group leaders of the CVP\, FDP\, SP and SVP. \nIgnazio Cassis presents the decisions of 31 January on European policy; the discussion covers the scope of a possible institutional agreement and the dynamic adoption of EU law. Doris Leuthard sets out the future of the electricity market and the idea of a strategic reserve. The Federal Council repeats the urgency of Tax Proposal 17. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.02.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180130
DTSTAMP:20261020T173058Z
CREATED:20261015T213412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173058Z
UID:45730-1517184000-1517270399@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Fifth Health2020 National Conference: curbing costs
DESCRIPTION:More than 300 health policy stakeholders gather in Berne around one question: who bears which responsibility for rising costs? The basis for the work: the 2017 report by international experts and its 38 measures\, including a binding cap on cost growth by sector and an “experimental article” in the Health Insurance Act (KVG/LAMal) for pilot projects. \nAlain Berset opens with a quotation from the Federal Council’s 1991 dispatch\, which already deplored premiums that had become unbearable for some households. Twenty-six years later\, the goal of a burden of 6 to 8% of income is still far off. Shrug it off? “Das wäre die Bankrotterklärung der Gesundheitspolitik.” The Federal Council wants to set its priorities in the spring and open a first consultation in the autumn. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale Santé2020 « Freiner les coûts – qui porte quelle responsabilité ? » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fifth-health2020-national-conference-curbing-costs/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180128
DTSTAMP:20261020T173057Z
CREATED:20261015T213408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173057Z
UID:45728-1517011200-1517097599@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Message for Holocaust Remembrance Day
DESCRIPTION:A written message for the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Alain Berset starts from Jean Améry\, an Auschwitz survivor tortured by the Gestapo: “Anyone who has been subjected to torture can no longer feel at home in the world.” \nSwitzerland then chairs the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\, 31 member states\, which has just adopted a strategy for the first time. The message recalls the projects carried out with the universities of teacher education on teaching the history of the Holocaust and on the Nazi murder of people with disabilities. The struggle\, he concludes\, begins with the younger generations. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nUm «heimisch zu werden in der Welt» (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, message of 27.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/message-for-holocaust-remembrance-day/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180127
DTSTAMP:20261020T173057Z
CREATED:20261015T213405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173057Z
UID:45726-1516924800-1517011199@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Meeting with Donald Trump
DESCRIPTION:Last day of the WEF. Alain Berset receives Donald Trump\, with Federal Councillors Ignazio Cassis and Johann Schneider-Ammann. On the American side\, several cabinet members. On the agenda: economic relations; vocational training\, in which the US President takes a personal interest; Switzerland’s protecting power mandate for the United States in Iran; and International Geneva. \nBefore the press\, Alain Berset points out that Switzerland is the sixth-largest investor in the United States and that its companies have created 500\,000 direct jobs there. He asks for the proceedings against the Swiss “category 1” banks to be closed quickly\, to turn the page on the tax dispute. He describes the exchange as “very open\, productive and a real exchange” and writes on Twitter: “Excellent talk with President Trump.” The White House readout also mentions the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse après la rencontre avec le président des États-Unis Donald Trump (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch\, 26.01.2018\nWhite House\, readout of 26.01.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-donald-trump/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180126
DTSTAMP:20261020T173057Z
CREATED:20261015T213402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173057Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 53rd Solothurn Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Between two days at the WEF\, Alain Berset opens the 53rd Solothurn Film Festival. He quotes Fredi M. Murer: since 1966\, every year after Solothurn\, one reads that Swiss cinema is in crisis. What crisis in 2018? “Eine Krise der Verunsicherung”\, he replies. \nThe speech\, “Tiefenscharf und hoch politisch”\, asks what role a festival of debate can play when everything becomes a matter of interpretation and facts\, even scientific ones\, turn into political modelling clay. Neither irony nor withdrawal is enough\, he says: the causes of the unease\, inequality\, migration\, the changing world of work\, will not disappear by themselves. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nTiefenscharf und hoch politisch (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 25.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-53rd-solothurn-film-festival/
LOCATION:Soleure
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