At Pro Senectute’s national day on home help and home care, Alain Berset speaks about ageing and family carers. He starts from the Rolling Stones, first concert in 1962, free concert in Havana in 2016: “Was ist das eigentlich, das Alter?” The baby boomers defined what it means to be young; today they are defining […]
At the Théâtre de Carouge, at the opening of the 3rd Swiss Theatre Meeting, the first in French-speaking Switzerland, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Grand Award for Theatre / Hans Reinhart Ring to Theater HORA in Zurich. For 25 years, the company has enabled people with intellectual disabilities to perform at a professional level. He […]
Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss Pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, designed by Christian Kerez (“Incidental Space”), in the presence of the curator Sandra Oehy. For him, creation is a laboratory: “Wir haben in der Schweiz das Privileg zu experimentieren. Nein: Wir haben geradezu die Pflicht zu experimentieren.” On the sidelines, he meets three […]
At the Théâtre Equilibre, Alain Berset speaks at the thirtieth anniversary of La Spirale, the Fribourg jazz club, before the cantonal minister and the Mayor. He begins with the scholars of the curve, Archimedes, Galileo, Fibonacci, before coming to the musicians: a speech for the “friends of blue notes, friends of black-and-white clubs”. Speeches on […]
Alain Berset opens the touring exhibition “Babel”, devoted to Switzerland’s linguistic diversity. He speaks in French, Italian and German. “I board the train in Fribourg a ‘socialist’ and get off in Berne a ‘social democrat’.” A turn to the right in 22 minutes; in the evening, a turn to the left. Speeches on this site […]
In Zurich, Alain Berset opens the 11th edition of Manifesta, the European biennial of contemporary art, under the title “What People Do for Money”. Thirty artists have worked with Zurich professionals from every trade. He notes that the title could be that of Euro 2016, which begins the same day in France. Faced with the […]
At the official day of the 34th Federal Music Festival, Alain Berset speaks to the country’s bands: “Music is a literature of the senses accessible to all.” It is played at baptisms, weddings and funerals; it has, he says, a social function. In a country of four languages, it is what everyone understands. Speeches on […]
In Lens, Alain Berset attends Switzerland’s first match at Euro 2016, against Albania, in the official stand of the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, is present. Switzerland wins 1–0, with a goal by Fabian Schär. The match notably pits the Xhaka brothers against each other, Granit for Switzerland and Taulant for Albania. […]
For the first time in Ticino, the Federal Festival of Costume Choirs brings together the country’s ensembles in Lugano. Alain Berset speaks in German, Italian and French. Traditional costumes, he points out, are not folklore: the young federal state of 1848 sought its cultural identity in them, “Einheit in der Vielfalt – und Vielfalt in […]
During Art Basel, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Design Awards. The Swiss Grand Awards for Design go to the textile designer Claudia Caviezel, the furniture designer Hans Eichenberger and the graphic designer Ralph Schraivogel. He recalls that the first federal design competition was decided in 1917, in the middle of the war, at the request […]
At the Employers’ Day of the Swiss Employers’ Association, Alain Berset speaks about ageing, the integration of older workers and the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform, then under debate in Parliament. “Woran man in der Schweiz eine erfolgreiche Reform erkennt: Daran, dass am Schluss alle unzufrieden sind. Genauer: dass am Schluss alle GLEICH unzufrieden sind.” He […]
At the anniversary of the umbrella association of health insurers, Alain Berset speaks about cost containment, the needs clause, the TARMED tariff, quality and freedom of contract. He recalls that santésuisse was born in 1891 in a restaurant in Wil, and proposes a commission to find out why so many Swiss institutions were founded in […]
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