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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
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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
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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
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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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171205
DTSTAMP:20261020T173052Z
CREATED:20261016T001646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173052Z
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SUMMARY:Churchill Europe Symposium: “Democracy requires vigilance”
DESCRIPTION:In Zurich\, Alain Berset speaks at the Churchill Europe Symposium\, which commemorates Churchill’s 1946 speech. He opens with the two busts of Churchill at the White House — one of them a copy — and the two Churchills invoked by supporters and opponents of the EU. \nHis thesis: democracy must be defended against the populism that attacks institutions. “Die Demokratie ist ein nationales Selbstgespräch\, das nie abbricht. Sie kann nicht auf Autopilot geschaltet werden.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDemokratie erfordert Wachsamkeit (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 04.12.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/churchill-europe-symposium-democracy-requires-vigilance/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171124
DTSTAMP:20261020T173052Z
CREATED:20261016T002039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173052Z
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SUMMARY:Jura cantonal health day
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the cantonal health day organised by the Republic and Canton of Jura. The theme: the future of public health in the face of innovation\, digitalisation and big data. \nHe starts from Benjamin Franklin: the only certainties are death and taxes. Then he moves on to the electronic patient record. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée cantonale de la santé du Jura (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/jura-cantonal-health-day/
LOCATION:Delémont
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171124
DTSTAMP:20261020T173052Z
CREATED:20261016T001638Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
DESCRIPTION:Doris Leuthard receives Jean-Claude Juncker in Berne\, accompanied by Federal Councillors Alain Berset and Ignazio Cassis. Both sides take a positive view of the year and confirm the bilateral approach. \nSwitzerland and the EU sign the agreement linking their CO2 emissions trading systems. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 23.11.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-european-commission-president-jean-claude-juncker/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171110
DTSTAMP:20261020T173052Z
CREATED:20261016T002036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173052Z
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SUMMARY:University of Berne: reform and direct democracy
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks in Professor Adrian Vatter’s course on Swiss politics at the University of Berne\, six weeks after the defeat of Old-Age Provision 2020. \nHis point: in a direct democracy\, reforms are slow\, but they last. Elsewhere\, things move faster\, and are sometimes reversed. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nUniversité de Berne : réforme et démocratie directe (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/university-of-berne-reform-and-direct-democracy/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171104
DTSTAMP:20261020T173051Z
CREATED:20261016T002033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173051Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Geneva International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 23rd edition of the Geneva festival\, which this year swaps the name Festival tous écrans for GIFF. \nHe makes light of it: “Personally\, I have nothing against Shakespeare”\, but all the same\, coming from the homeland of Rousseau “and very nearly of Voltaire”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-geneva-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171101
DTSTAMP:20261020T173051Z
CREATED:20261016T001628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173051Z
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SUMMARY:National meeting on equal pay in the public sector
DESCRIPTION:Some 140 members of executive bodies and specialists gather for the third National Meeting on equal pay in the public sector. Alain Berset invites cantons and communes to sign the Charter for Equal Pay: twelve cantons and 24 cities have done so\, representing two thirds of the population. \nIn the public sector\, women earn on average 16.6% less than men; 42% of this gap remains unexplained. His speech starts from Obelix: “A woman could never replace me. Carving menhirs is far too delicate a job!” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n3e Rencontre nationale pour l’égalité salariale dans le secteur public (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 31.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-meeting-on-equal-pay-in-the-public-sector/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171028
DTSTAMP:20261020T173051Z
CREATED:20261016T001624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173051Z
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SUMMARY:Old-age provision: talks resume
DESCRIPTION:A month after the no vote of 24 September\, Alain Berset brings together more than twenty-five parties\, social partners and organisations in Berne. For more than two hours\, each analyses the result and sets out its vision. \nThe finding: no convergence on the outline of a new reform\, but all recognise that one is needed. The Federal Council draws its conclusions on 20 December: OASI and the second pillar will be reformed separately. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-talks-resume/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171025
DTSTAMP:20261020T173051Z
CREATED:20261016T001621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173051Z
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SUMMARY:40 years of the Kartause Ittingen Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Kartause Ittingen Foundation (TG). He recounts the Federal Council’s 1981 outing: faced with the monks’ rule\, Chevallaz advises Ritschard to pray more for his finances; Ritschard replies that Chevallaz should sleep more so as to spend less on the army. \n“Die Kartause Ittingen verkörpert eine Form der Weltabgeschiedenheit\, an der man Kraft sammelt für die Welt.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n40 Jahre Stiftung Kartause Ittingen (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 24.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/40-years-of-the-kartause-ittingen-foundation/
LOCATION:Ittingen
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171013
DTSTAMP:20261020T173050Z
CREATED:20261016T001617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173050Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Grand Award for Dance to Noemi Lapzeson
DESCRIPTION:At the Théâtre Équilibre in Fribourg\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Grand Award for Dance to Noemi Lapzeson\, choreographer\, founder of Vertical Danse in Geneva and a former soloist with Martha Graham. \n“Dancing is a political act.” He calls on La Fontaine and the cicada\, then on Article 10 of the Constitution: freedom of movement. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRemise du Grand Prix suisse de danse à Noemi Lapzeson (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-grand-award-for-dance-to-noemi-lapzeson/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171011
DTSTAMP:20261020T173050Z
CREATED:20261016T001614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173050Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset attends the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair\, where France is the guest of honour\, with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron. “Francfort en français” presents twelve authors from French-speaking Switzerland. \nAt the City Hall\, he signs the city’s Golden Book after the French President\, together with the delegations of Luxembourg and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. After the ceremony\, Emmanuel Macron receives him at the French pavilion in the presence of Angela Merkel; Alain Berset presents the Swiss contribution there. \nTuesday 10 October 2017 — Frankfurt\n\nVisit to the Grossmarkthalle\, headquarters of the ECB\, designed by Martin Elsaesser\nReception at the City Hall by Mayor Peter Feldmann\, with Emmanuel Macron: Golden Book\nOpening ceremony of the Book Fair\nVisit to the French pavilion with Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-frankfurt-book-fair/
LOCATION:Francfort
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170925
DTSTAMP:20261020T173050Z
CREATED:20261016T001611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173050Z
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SUMMARY:Vote: Old-Age Provision 2020 reform rejected
DESCRIPTION:The people reject the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform\, with 52.7% voting no. The VAT increase in favour of OASI ends up neck and neck in the popular vote and fails to win a majority of the cantons. It is the reform Alain Berset has been championing since 2012. \nBefore the press\, he acknowledges the result: “The funding and stabilisation of the pension system remains a major challenge for our society.” He announces that he will invite all stakeholders to discuss the next steps. “In a direct democracy you always have to be prepared to accept defeat.” \nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch\, 24.09.2017\nFederal Council\, vote of 24.09.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-old-age-provision-2020-reform-rejected/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170914
DTSTAMP:20261020T173049Z
CREATED:20261016T001608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173049Z
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SUMMARY:“Rilke and Russia” exhibition at the National Library
DESCRIPTION:At the National Library\, Alain Berset opens the exhibition “Rilke and Russia”\, a co-production of the German Literature Archive in Marbach\, the Swiss Literary Archives\, the Strauhof and the State Literary Museum in Moscow. \n280 items\, including the poet’s address book\, which opens with Lou Andreas-Salomé\, his companion on the journeys of 1899 and 1900. The exhibition\, he says\, knows that these journeys cannot be reconstructed. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de l’exposition « Rilke et la Russie » à la Bibliothèque nationale (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.09.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rilke-and-russia-exhibition-at-the-national-library/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170910
DTSTAMP:20261020T173049Z
CREATED:20261016T002024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173049Z
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SUMMARY:Old-Age Provision 2020: evening of the Associazione Ticinese Terza Età
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the Ticino association for senior citizens\, Alain Berset presents the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform in Lugano\, two weeks before the vote. \n“In Ticino\, di solito\, ci vengo come ministro della cultura. Non questa volta\, però. Oggi sono qui a Lugano come ministro della socialità.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrévoyance vieillesse 2020 : soirée de l’Associazione Ticinese Terza Età (in Italian\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-2020-evening-of-the-associazione-ticinese-terza-eta/
LOCATION:Lugano
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173049Z
CREATED:20261016T001600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173049Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the weather radar network
DESCRIPTION:MeteoSwiss completes its network of five radars with the station on the Weissfluhgipfel\, above Davos. Alain Berset inaugurates it. The network is part of the OWARNA project for warnings of natural hazards. \nHe envies meteorologists: their forecasts are becoming more accurate\, while political forecasts are becoming ever less so. “Brexit\, Trump\, Macron: Alles kam völlig überraschend.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration du nouveau réseau de radars météorologiques de MétéoSuisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.09.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-weather-radar-network/
LOCATION:Davos
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170907
DTSTAMP:20261020T173049Z
CREATED:20261016T002020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173049Z
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SUMMARY:75 years of Pro Familia Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the 75th anniversary of Pro Familia Switzerland. “Wenn alle mit 75 noch so aktiv wären wie Pro Familia Schweiz\, bräuchte es keine Rentenreform.” \nHe recalls the milestones of family policy: childcare outside the family\, maternity insurance\, family allowances. He mentions the 100 million approved to reduce the cost of childcare places\, the popular initiative on paternity leave and support for family carers. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n75 ans de Pro Familia Suisse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/75-years-of-pro-familia-switzerland/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170902
DTSTAMP:20261020T173048Z
CREATED:20261016T001553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173048Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset\, Vice-President of the Federal Council\, leads the government delegation at the Von Wattenwyl talks with the presidents of the governing parties and of their parliamentary groups. Didier Burkhalter and Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr take part. \nThe focus: health and European policy. The parties say they are prepared to support measures against rising costs if the tariff partners fail to reach agreement\, as with TARMED. A group of experts chaired by Verena Diener is examining experience abroad. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.09.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks-3/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170901
DTSTAMP:20261020T173047Z
CREATED:20261016T002017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173047Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Education Day
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the Swiss Education Day of LCH\, the umbrella organisation of teachers. “Ich spreche hier zu Ihnen als einer\, der die Schule nur als Schüler kennt.” \nHe takes stock of his year of improbable speeches: a man before the women’s guild\, a Catholic on the Reformation in Geneva\, the youngest Federal Councillor at Pro Senectute’s 100th anniversary\, a jazz lover at the yodelling festival. Then he speaks about schools and the country’s capacity for innovation. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée suisse de l’éducation (LCH) (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-education-day/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170827
DTSTAMP:20261020T173047Z
CREATED:20261016T001546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173047Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Mexico: three agreements signed
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset makes a working visit to Mexico. With the Minister of Culture\, María Cristina García Cepeda\, he signs two agreements: one on film co-productions\, the other on the transfer of cultural property\, against illicit trafficking. With the Minister of Education\, Aurelio Nuño Mayer\, he signs a third agreement\, on bicultural schools\, at the Swiss School of Mexico City. \nPresident Enrique Peña Nieto and Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso receive him together. He also sees the ministers of finance and of health. \nAt the Swiss School\, he says: “Die Schweiz – ja\, was ist sie eigentlich?” Some 5\,500 Swiss live in Mexico; Swiss companies employ 32\,000 people there. \nThursday 24 August 2017 — Mexico City\n\nMeeting with María Cristina García Cepeda\, Minister of Culture\nSigning of the agreements on film and cultural property: speech\nMeeting with José Antonio Meade\, Minister of Finance\nMeeting with Swiss filmmakers and designers\nVisit to the National Museum of Anthropology\nMeeting with José Narro Robles\, Minister of Health\n\nFriday 25 August 2017 — Mexico City\n\nVisit to the Swiss School and discussion with upper secondary students\nMeeting with Aurelio Nuño Mayer\, Minister of Education\nSigning of the agreement on bicultural schools: speech\nMeeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto and Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso\nReception for the Swiss community\n\nSaturday 26 August 2017 — Teotihuacán\n\nVisit to the Teotihuacán site\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nMexico : signature des accords sur la coproduction cinématographique et sur le transfert des biens culturels (French-language page)\nMexico : signature de l’accord sur les écoles suisses (French-language page)\nMexico : discours à l’École suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-mexico-three-agreements-signed/
LOCATION:Mexico
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170822
DTSTAMP:20261020T173047Z
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SUMMARY:Agreement with Liechtenstein on cross-border outpatient care
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Alain Berset and Mauro Pedrazzini sign the agreement announced in January. Residents of Liechtenstein\, Graubünden and St Gallen will be able to receive outpatient treatment in the other country\, paid for by compulsory health insurance. \nCosts will be reimbursed only up to the tariff of the country of residence. The agreement still has to be ratified by both parliaments. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/agreement-with-liechtenstein-on-cross-border-outpatient-care/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170820
DTSTAMP:20261020T173047Z
CREATED:20261016T001537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173047Z
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SUMMARY:95th Congress of the Swiss Abroad
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset gives the keynote speech at the Congress of the Swiss Abroad in Basel\, before nearly 400 participants. \n“Switzerland doesn’t lose anything if its citizens go and live in another country\, on the contrary\,” he says\, according to swissinfo. He makes fun of the clichés — cows\, chocolate\, watches — and of what would otherwise need explaining: the procedure for resolving differences between the two chambers\, fiscal equalisation\, the “light” domestic-worker preference. A month before the vote\, he stresses compromise. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n95e Congrès des Suisses de l’étranger (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch\, 19.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/95th-congress-of-the-swiss-abroad/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170812
DTSTAMP:20261020T173046Z
CREATED:20261016T001534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173046Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Lucerne Festival: “Identität”
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset gives the opening speech of the Lucerne Festival in Summer\, whose theme is identity. He starts with a quip: normally\, the Federal Council would hand such a question to a working group. \nThen comes an essay on Swiss identity\, a nation that constantly reinvents itself: “Wir sind kein Volk MIT Minderheiten – wir sind das Volk DER Minderheiten.” A small or a large country? “Riesenzwerg und Zwergriese”\, depending on the perspective. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Lucerne Festival 2017 : « Identität » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nBilanz\, 14.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-lucerne-festival-identitat/
LOCATION:Lucerne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170802
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170808
DTSTAMP:20261020T173046Z
CREATED:20261016T001530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173046Z
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SUMMARY:70th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 70th edition of the Locarno Festival on the Piazza Grande. He goes back to 1946\, the year of “Notorious” and “La Belle et la Bête”: after Venice\, two “water towns” take up the cause\, Cannes and Locarno. \nThe next day\, before the press\, he reviews a bumper year for Swiss cinema — three films at the Oscars\, two Césars for “Ma vie de Courgette”. He announces the co-production agreement with Mexico and the revision of the one with Canada. The Film Location Switzerland investment promotion scheme (PICS) has committed 5.9 million francs and generated 30.5 million in investment. \nAt Monte Verità\, he responds at the lunch given by the festival in his honour. At the Leopard Club\, before the festival’s partners\, he speaks about attention spans\, now down to eight seconds\, in the presence of Adrien Brody. \nWednesday 2 August 2017 — Locarno\n\nVisit to MeteoSwiss’s southern regional centre at Locarno-Monti\nMeeting with the festival management\nOfficial inauguration\nOpening ceremony on the Piazza Grande: speech\n\nThursday 3 August 2017 — Locarno\n\nPress conference on film policy\nMeeting with Swiss filmmakers\n\nFriday 4 August 2017 — Ascona\, Locarno\n\nTraditional festival lunch at Monte Verità: speech\nLeopard Club reception: speech\nLeopard Club Award to Adrien Brody on the Piazza Grande\n\nSaturday 5 August 2017 — Locarno\, Ascona\n\nRound table with filmmakers and producers\nInformal meeting with Margrethe Vestager\, European Commissioner\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 70e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)\nLocarno : réception au Monte Verità pour les 70 ans du festival (French-language page)\nLocarno : réception du Leopard Club (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.08.2017\nRSI\, 02.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/70th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170802
DTSTAMP:20261020T173046Z
CREATED:20261016T001522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173046Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the official 1 August speaker in Lausanne\, at the Place de la Navigation in Ouchy\, alongside the Mayor\, Grégoire Junod. He arrives by boat across the lake. \nHe opens with Éric Cantona: “I don’t play against a particular team. I play to fight against the idea of losing.” The footballer’s name\, he notes\, contains the word “canton”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale à Lausanne (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCity of Lausanne\, programme for 1 August 2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-lausanne/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170801
DTSTAMP:20261020T173046Z
CREATED:20261016T002008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173046Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Rorschach
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the National Day speaker in Rorschach (SG). He takes stock of the traditions of St Gallen\, from embroidery to the OLMA and its sausage\, to show their strength in a digital world. \nHis closing line starts from the Rorschach lido\, the “Sozibad”\, where mixed bathing once caused a scandal: today\, left and right bathe there together. “Wenn wir nicht zusammen baden\, dann gehen wir zusammen baden.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale à Rorschach (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-rorschach/
LOCATION:Rorschach
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