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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180404
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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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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
CREATED:20261015T213451Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180310
DTSTAMP: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
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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
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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
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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
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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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180130
DTSTAMP:20261020T173058Z
CREATED:20261015T213412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173058Z
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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
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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
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180126
DTSTAMP:20261020T173056Z
CREATED:20261015T213359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173056Z
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SUMMARY:World Economic Forum: opening speech and bilateral meetings
DESCRIPTION:On 23 January\, Alain Berset opens the WEF Annual Meeting with Klaus Schwab\, just before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The theme of the year: “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”. He calls for 2018 to be “the year of international cooperation and multilateralism” and warns against national withdrawal: if mistrust spreads\, the poorest and most fragile will be the first to suffer. \nMore than a dozen meetings in four days. Narendra Modi on 22 January\, with Johann Schneider-Ammann: investment protection and free trade between EFTA and India. Then Angela Merkel\, Theresa May\, Charles Michel\, Petro Poroshenko\, European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici\, Benjamin Netanyahu\, Saad Hariri\, Ilham Aliyev\, Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan\, Paul Kagame\, the new Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa\, and Argentina’s Mauricio Macri with Doris Leuthard. \nHe also debates in public: on fragile cities; on the social contract of the 21st century with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in an SRF programme; on democracy in the post-truth era at the Open Forum. At the dinner of Swiss personalities\, he links Davos to “fake news” through Arthur Conan Doyle\, who made the world believe Sherlock Holmes was dead\, and defends solidarity between the language regions against the “No Billag” initiative. \nMonday 22 January 2018 — Davos\n\nMeeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\n\nTuesday 23 January 2018 — Davos\n\nOpening speech at the Annual Meeting\, with Klaus Schwab\nMeeting with Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan\nPanel “From Fragile Cities to Renewal”\nDinner hosted by Klaus Schwab\, address\nSwiss Personalities Dinner\, address\n\nWednesday 24 January 2018 — Davos\n\nDigital Switzerland breakfast\nMeetings with Saad Hariri\, Prime Minister of Lebanon\, and Benjamin Netanyahu\, Prime Minister of Israel\nSRF television debate “The 21st Century Social Compact”\, with Juan Manuel Santos\nMeetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel\, President Ilham Aliyev\, President Paul Kagame and European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici\nMeeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri\, with Doris Leuthard\nMeeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May\n\nThursday 25 January 2018 — Davos\n\nMeetings with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa\, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko\nOpen Forum “Democracy in a Post-Truth Era”\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nAnnual Meeting of the World Economic Forum 2018\nAllocution au dîner du WEF offert par Klaus Schwab (French-language page)\nAllocution au « Swiss Personalities Dinner » du WEF (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 23.01.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.01.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/world-economic-forum-opening-speech-and-bilateral-meetings/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180123
DTSTAMP:20261020T173056Z
CREATED:20261015T213354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173056Z
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SUMMARY:Conference of European Ministers of Culture: the Davos Declaration
DESCRIPTION:On the eve of the World Economic Forum\, Alain Berset brings the European ministers of culture together in Davos\, with UNESCO\, ICCROM\, UN-Habitat\, the Council of Europe and the European Union. The theme: building culture\, “Baukultur”. For Switzerland\, the conference opens the European Year of Cultural Heritage. \nIn his opening speech\, he quotes Churchill: “We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Baukultur\, he says\, goes far beyond architecture: it covers every human activity that changes the built environment\, from heritage to contemporary creation. The Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (Grafton Architects) and the psychologist Colin Ellard open the debates; Klaus Schwab welcomes the ministers on behalf of the WEF. \nOn 22 January\, the delegations adopt the Davos Declaration. It states that building is a cultural act\, denounces urban sprawl and faceless agglomerations\, and calls for a European policy of high-quality Baukultur. In his closing speech\, Alain Berset links the two worlds that meet in Davos: “Without culture\, ladies and gentlemen\, there is no economy.” \nSunday 21 January 2018 — Davos\n\nOpening of the conference\, contributions by Grafton Architects and Colin Ellard\nMinisters’ dialogue\, moderated by Alain Berset\nWelcome address by Klaus Schwab\nOfficial dinner\, toasts by Alain Berset and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel\n\nMonday 22 January 2018 — Davos\n\nSessions: the role of culture for society; a vision of high-quality Baukultur; a shared responsibility\nAdoption of the Davos Declaration and closing speech\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de la Conférence des ministres européens de la culture sur la culture du bâti (French-language page)\nToast au dîner officiel de la Conférence des ministres européens de la culture (French-language page)\nClôture de la Conférence des ministres européens de la culture sur la culture du bâti (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.01.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/conference-of-european-ministers-of-culture-the-davos-declaration/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180118
DTSTAMP:20261020T173056Z
CREATED:20261015T213349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173056Z
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SUMMARY:New Year reception for the diplomatic corps
DESCRIPTION:At the Parliament Building\, Alain Berset receives the heads of mission accredited to Switzerland. The Apostolic Nuncio\, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps\, presents the New Year greetings; the presidents of both chambers attend. \nHe starts from a paradox: “Our time is a time of contradictions.” Life expectancy\, health and education are improving; growth is returning to Europe. But the sense of insecurity is growing\, fed by inequality\, which even the International Monetary Fund calls for fighting. Two tasks\, in his view: share the fruits of the recovery fairly\, and prevent digital technology from deepening divides. One sentence from this speech\, “We seem well prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century”\, will serve him five years later\, in the same place\, to measure what has changed. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNeujahrsempfang für das diplomatische Corps (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 17.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/new-year-reception-for-the-diplomatic-corps-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180117
DTSTAMP:20261020T173056Z
CREATED:20261015T213346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173056Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials
DESCRIPTION:The first ceremony of the year at the Federal Palace. Alain Berset receives seven new ambassadors in audience. They present the letters accrediting them to the Federal Council. \nThey represent Malaysia (Sharrina Binti Abdullah)\, Portugal (António Manuel Ricoca Freire)\, the United Kingdom (Jane Caroline Owen)\, Argentina (Luis María Kreckler)\, Georgia (David Jalagania)\, the Republic of Korea (Kwon Haeryong) and Latvia (Veronika Erte\, resident in Vienna). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180110
DTSTAMP:20261020T173055Z
CREATED:20261015T213344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173055Z
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SUMMARY:First visit abroad: Vienna
DESCRIPTION:By tradition\, the President of the Swiss Confederation makes his first trip abroad to Austria. On 8 January\, he is at the Vienna International Centre. With Yuri Fedotov\, Director-General of the UN Office at Vienna and of UNODC\, he discusses the return of stolen assets\, drug policy\, human trafficking and money laundering. Yukiya Amano\, Director General of the IAEA\, thanks Switzerland for its contribution to the renovation of the Seibersdorf laboratories; they discuss the nuclear agreement with Iran and North Korea. Next come Thomas Greminger\, OSCE Secretary General\, and Harlem Désir\, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media\, with whom the talk turns to “fake news”. \nOn 9 January\, Alexander Van der Bellen receives him with military honours at the Hofburg. Then come the new Chancellor\, Sebastian Kurz\, the President of the National Council\, Wolfgang Sobotka\, and the Minister for Culture and European Affairs\, Gernot Blümel. Austria is about to hold the presidency of the European Union. Before the press\, Alain Berset calls the EU’s decision to recognise Swiss stock exchange equivalence for one year only “inakzeptabel”: a technical file\, he says\, has been politicised. He argues for a permanent mechanism to distribute asylum seekers across Europe and for the European integration of the Western Balkans. \nThe visit ends at the Leopold Museum\, at the major Ferdinand Hodler exhibition\, which he had placed under his patronage in autumn 2017 with his Austrian counterpart at the time\, Thomas Drozda. It was in Vienna that Hodler gained international fame. \nMonday 8 January 2018 — Vienna\n\nMeeting with Yuri Fedotov\, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of UNODC\nMeeting with Yukiya Amano\, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency\nMeeting with Thomas Greminger\, OSCE Secretary General\nMeeting with Harlem Désir\, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media\n\nTuesday 9 January 2018 — Vienna\n\nWelcome with military honours by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Hofburg\nOne-to-one meeting\, then talks between the delegations\, with Minister of Health and Social Affairs Beate Hartinger-Klein present\nPress conference with President Van der Bellen\nLunch hosted by the Federal President\nMeeting with Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz\nMeeting with Gernot Blümel\, Minister for Culture and European Affairs\nMeeting with Wolfgang Sobotka\, President of the National Council\nVisit to the exhibition “Ferdinand Hodler. Wahlverwandtschaften von Klimt bis Schiele” at the Leopold Museum\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le président autrichien Alexander Van der Bellen (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.01.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-visit-abroad-vienna-2/
LOCATION:Vienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180102
DTSTAMP:20261020T173055Z
CREATED:20261015T213340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173055Z
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SUMMARY:New Year address
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset’s first televised address as President of the Swiss Confederation\, broadcast on 1 January. The tone is confident: a stable and safe country\, a solid economy\, thousands of volunteers. He also names the worries: technological change\, job security\, pensions\, reconciling family and work\, the cost of health care. \nHis answer lies in direct democracy: “Wir alle können mitbestimmen\, wie wir leben wollen.” He sets out the debates of the year: pensions\, relations with Europe\, tax justice\, equality between women and men\, climate. And he makes the case for compromise: “Wer die Minderheiten stärkt\, stärkt auch die Schweiz.” \nSources \n\nFederal Chancellery\, Neujahrsansprache 2018\nMoneycab\, 01.01.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/new-year-address/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171222
DTSTAMP:20261020T173055Z
CREATED:20261016T001710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173055Z
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SUMMARY:National conference on the integration of people with disabilities: third day
DESCRIPTION:The National Conference comes to a close. Social partners\, cantons\, organisations of people with disabilities\, insurers and doctors adopt a joint declaration: integration into the labour market is a task for society as a whole\, and the wish of people with disabilities to work must be heard. \nAlain Berset opens the day with Swiss pragmatism: in 1946\, when the weather turns bad on Lake Geneva\, General Guisan lends Winston Churchill one of his tents\, in which he paints. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale pour l’intégration des personnes handicapées sur le marché du travail : exposé d’ouverture de la 3e journée (in German\, French-language page)\nConférence nationale pour l’intégration des personnes handicapées sur le marché du travail : mot de clôture de la 3e journée (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.12.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-conference-on-the-integration-of-people-with-disabilities-third-day/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171219
DTSTAMP:20261020T173055Z
CREATED:20261016T001706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173055Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset\, its patron\, launches the Swiss part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 in Berne. He announces a conference of European culture ministers in Davos on building culture\, in January\, with a “Davos Declaration”. \n“Wer sind wir?” Clichés are perfect for conversation\, he says\, and we cheat a little: Heidi was invented in Zurich\, the Swiss Alpine Club founded in the station buffet in Olten. “Wir können eben nicht nur Dialekt – wir können auch Dialektik.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLancement de l’Année européenne du patrimoine culturel 2018 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.12.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/launch-of-the-european-year-of-cultural-heritage-2018/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171215
DTSTAMP:20261020T173054Z
CREATED:20261016T002047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173054Z
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SUMMARY:Presidential celebration in Fribourg
DESCRIPTION:The canton of Fribourg celebrates its President-elect. Before Doris Leuthard and the federal and cantonal authorities\, Alain Berset recalls that this is the third time Fribourg has welcomed him in this way: in 2008 for the presidency of the Council of States\, in 2011 for his election to the Federal Council. \nHe speaks of the cracks in society: between those who benefit from globalisation and those who fear being left behind. “These cracks must not become chasms.” Then comes his praise of compromise: “Ohne Kompromisse keine Schweiz. Wir sind eine Kompromissnation.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête présidentielle à Fribourg (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presidential-celebration-in-fribourg/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171211
DTSTAMP:20261020T173053Z
CREATED:20261016T001658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173053Z
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SUMMARY:Escalade festival: Uri as guest of honour
DESCRIPTION:The Geneva Council of State receives Alain Berset\, President-elect of the Confederation\, and the government of Uri\, guest of honour of the Escalade. They watch the historical procession of the Compagnie de 1602. \nHis speech breaks the Escalade down into three elements: the ladder\, the mask\, the cauldron. He draws a comparison as a Fribourgeois: the Morat-Fribourg has no culinary tradition\, and surviving a Bénichon meal is not an act of heroic resistance. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête de l’Escalade : Uri hôte d’honneur (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nRepublic and Canton of Geneva\, 08.12.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/escalade-festival-uri-as-guest-of-honour/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171209
DTSTAMP:20261020T173053Z
CREATED:20261016T001654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173053Z
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SUMMARY:Basel Carnival on the UNESCO heritage list
DESCRIPTION:On 7 December\, UNESCO inscribes the Basler Fasnacht on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The following evening\, the Basel government and the Fasnachts-Comité thank some 550 people who worked on the nomination; Alain Berset is their guest. \nHe pretends to breach official secrecy: the Federal Council’s discussion of the nomination supposedly took place… in Schnitzelbank verse\, in Basel dialect. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInscription du Carnaval de Bâle au patrimoine culturel immatériel de l’UNESCO (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Basel-Stadt\, press release of 08.12.2017\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.12.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/basel-carnival-on-the-unesco-heritage-list/
LOCATION:Bâle
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171207
DTSTAMP:20261020T173053Z
CREATED:20261016T001650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173053Z
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SUMMARY:Election as President of the Confederation for 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Assembly elects Alain Berset President of the Confederation for 2018\, with 190 votes out of 210 valid ballots. Ueli Maurer is elected Vice-President. \nIn his address\, in French\, Italian\, Romansh and German\, he announces a collegial presidency\, together with the six other members of the government. He sets out his line: “Wir sind weder Maximalisten noch Minimalisten\, wir sind Realistinnen und Realisten.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAllocution après l’élection à la présidence de la Confédération pour 2018 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Assembly\, Official Bulletin\, 06.12.2017\nThe Local\, 07.12.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/election-as-president-of-the-confederation-for-2018/
LOCATION:Berne
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