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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160311
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160312
DTSTAMP:20261020T173017Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 30th Fribourg International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 30th edition of the FIFF in his home town. He starts from the final speech of Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator”: “You\, the people\, have the power to make this life free and beautiful.” \nHe pays tribute to a festival that has been showing cinema from Asia\, Africa and Latin America for thirty years\, and that shows the Fribourg public realities it does not know. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFestival International de Films de Fribourg (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 11.03.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-30th-fribourg-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160311
DTSTAMP:20261020T173016Z
CREATED:20261016T002431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173016Z
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SUMMARY:Patient Safety Global Action Summit
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the British Health Secretary\, Jeremy Hunt\, and with Germany as co-sponsor\, Alain Berset takes part in London in the first global ministerial summit on patient safety. The aim: to create a global movement to reduce the number of avoidable deaths in hospitals. \nFor Switzerland\, the subject falls under the Health2020 strategy. Healthcare-associated infections cause some 2\,000 deaths a year there; half could be avoided. At the summit\, at Lancaster House\, he speaks in the round of ministerial reflections. \nOn the sidelines\, he discusses reform priorities\, quality\, hospital infections\, dementia and WHO with Jeremy Hunt. \nWednesday 9 March 2016 — London\n\nWelcome of the ministers at Lancaster House by Jeremy Hunt\nBriefing of the ministers with the chairs of the expert panels\nMinisterial dinner\n\nThursday 10 March 2016 — London\n\nMinisterial summit\, opened by Lord Darzi and Hermann Gröhe\nMinisterial reflections\, contribution by Alain Berset\nBilateral meeting with Jeremy Hunt\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.03.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/patient-safety-global-action-summit-2/
LOCATION:Londres
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160303
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160304
DTSTAMP:20261020T173016Z
CREATED:20261016T003423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173016Z
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SUMMARY:Official day of the 86th Geneva International Motor Show
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents the Federal Council at the official opening day of the Geneva Motor Show\, before the Geneva authorities and the management of the show. \nHe greets the “friends of fine radiator grilles and walnut dashboards” and quotes Roland Barthes on the car on display\, the object of a “tactile” and “amorous” discovery. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Salon international de l’automobile de Genève (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-day-of-the-86th-geneva-international-motor-show/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160303
DTSTAMP:20261020T173016Z
CREATED:20261016T003420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173016Z
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SUMMARY:Forum Health for All: quality and patient safety
DESCRIPTION:At the lunch debate of the Forum Gesundheit Schweiz\, Alain Berset argues for strengthening quality and cost-effectiveness in health insurance\, and for the planned national quality network. \nHe opens with the standing format of the meal: the campaign against sedentary lifestyles “wirkt – und das sogar bei ihren härtesten Kritikern”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum Santé pour tous : qualité et sécurité des patients (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/forum-health-for-all-quality-and-patient-safety/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160219
DTSTAMP:20261020T173016Z
CREATED:20261016T002421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173016Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards 2016: Grand Award to Alberto Nessi
DESCRIPTION:At the National Library\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Grand Award for Literature to the Ticino writer Alberto Nessi. The Special Translation Award goes to Hartmut Fähndrich\, translator of Arabic-language literature. \nHis laudatio\, in Italian\, pays tribute to an author of closeness and of seemingly insignificant things. He quotes his line: “L’universale è il locale meno i muri.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de littérature 2016 (in Italian\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.02.2016\nFederal Council\, speech of 18.02.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-2016-grand-award-to-alberto-nessi/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160206
DTSTAMP:20261020T173015Z
CREATED:20261016T002416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173015Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of “Dada Universal” at the National Museum
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss National Museum opens “Dada Universal” to mark 100 years of the movement born at the Cabaret Voltaire. Alain Berset speaks at the opening\, “in meiner Funktion als Kulturminister”\, but also as minister for social insurance: “Brauchen wir das Rentenalter 85?” \nHe presents Dada as a subversive humanism\, which answers the chaos of war with the absurd and turns certainties upside down: “Bitterer Humor\, um auf bitteren Ernst hinzuweisen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n« Dada Universal » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 05.02.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-dada-universal-at-the-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160202
DTSTAMP:20261020T173015Z
CREATED:20261016T002412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173015Z
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SUMMARY:Health2020 national conference: “Less is more”
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset and Philippe Perrenoud\, member of a cantonal government and President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors\, bring together nearly 300 players from the health system in Berne. The third Health2020 national conference is devoted to unnecessary or excessive services: where they occur\, why\, and how to reduce them. \nIn his opening address\, he quotes Einstein\, a former technical expert third class at the Patent Office: “Mache die Dinge so einfach wie möglich – aber nicht einfacher.” He welcomes the medical profession’s commitment to the “Choosing Wisely” initiatives. Superfluous treatments expose patients to risks and drive up the bill. \nIn closing\, he notes that the participants talked “with one another rather than about one another”. The ways forward: raising awareness\, revising tariffs\, developing outpatient surgery and the assessment of services. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale Santé2020 : la surmédicalisation (ouverture) (in German\, French-language page)\nConférence nationale Santé2020 : la surmédicalisation (clôture) (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.02.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/health2020-national-conference-less-is-more/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160122
DTSTAMP:20261020T173015Z
CREATED:20261016T002407Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 51st Solothurn Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 51st Solothurn Film Festival. For Swiss cinema\, 2015 was the year of “Heidi”\, the biggest Swiss box-office success of all time\, and of “Schellen-Ursli”. He draws a conclusion from it: “Die Alpen sind offenbar unwiderstehlich.” \nHe contrasts the two poles of Swiss identity: the Alps\, unchanging\, and direct democracy\, “etwas nervöser\, aber auch etwas lebendiger”\, where almost everything is negotiated. A month before the vote\, the speech takes aim at the enforcement initiative on the deportation of foreign criminals. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDer Geist von Solothurn erobert die Alpen (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSpeech published by the Federal Council\, reproduced on alainberset.ch
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-51st-solothurn-film-festival/
LOCATION:Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160122
DTSTAMP:20261020T173014Z
CREATED:20261016T002402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173014Z
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SUMMARY:World Economic Forum 2016: talks on health and culture
DESCRIPTION:Six members of the Federal Council are in Davos for the WEF annual meeting. Alain Berset devotes two days to health policy and culture. On 20 January\, he attends the opening of the forum by the President of the Confederation\, Johann N. Schneider-Ammann\, and Klaus Schwab. \nHis talks cover the reforms under way and international health issues: antibiotic resistance\, the Sustainable Development Goals\, dementia\, access to innovative medicines. He sees the European Commissioner for Health\, Vytenis Andriukaitis\, the German Health Minister\, Hermann Gröhe\, the Dutch minister Edith Schippers\, whose country then holds the Presidency of the European Union\, the French minister Marisol Touraine and the South African minister Aaron Motsoaledi. \nWith the Director-General of UNESCO\, Irina Bokova\, he discusses Switzerland’s commitment to the organisation\, world heritage and the protection of heritage in armed conflict. He also talks with Thomas Zwiefelhofer\, Deputy Head of Government of Liechtenstein. \nWednesday 20 January 2016 — Davos\n\nMeeting with Aaron Motsoaledi\, South African Minister of Health\nMeeting with Thomas Zwiefelhofer\, Deputy Head of Government of Liechtenstein\nMeeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis\, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety\nMeeting with Edith Schippers\, Dutch Minister of Health\nOfficial opening of the annual meeting\, Congress Centre\nLive interview for the SRF programme “Eco”\n\nThursday 21 January 2016 — Davos\n\nMeeting with Hermann Gröhe\, German Federal Minister of Health\nMeeting with Irina Bokova\, Director-General of UNESCO\nMeeting with Marisol Touraine\, French Minister of Social Affairs and Health\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.01.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/world-economic-forum-2016-talks-on-health-and-culture/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151210
DTSTAMP:20261020T173014Z
CREATED:20261016T002348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173014Z
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SUMMARY:Re-election to the Federal Council
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Assembly elects the Federal Council for the 2016–2019 legislative period. Alain Berset is re-elected in the first round with 210 votes\, as are the five other incumbents standing again. \nGuy Parmelin (SVP) is elected in the third round to succeed Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. \nSources \n\nWikipedia\, “2015 Swiss Federal Council election”
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/re-election-to-the-federal-council-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151204
DTSTAMP:20261020T173013Z
CREATED:20261016T003102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173013Z
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SUMMARY:General Assembly of pharmaSuisse
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the general assembly of the Swiss Pharmacists’ Association\, held under the theme “Die Apotheken im Umbruch”. Upheaval\, he notes\, is not confined to pharmacies: it is topical in the Federal Council too\, a few days before the renewal of the collegial body. \nHe quotes George Archambault\, the father of consultant pharmacy: nothing is permanent except change. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAssemblée générale de pharmaSuisse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/general-assembly-of-pharmasuisse/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151121
DTSTAMP:20261020T173013Z
CREATED:20261016T002341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173013Z
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SUMMARY:Close of the “Une Suisse à nos couleurs” campaign
DESCRIPTION:A week after the Paris attacks\, Alain Berset closes\, at the Zentrum Paul Klee\, the Federal Commission against Racism’s campaign against online hate speech. More than 90 associations\, schools\, administrations and individuals ran its Facebook page. \nHe calls for freedom to be defended “effektiv – aber nicht effekthascherisch”\, and for terrorism not to be confused with the refugee crisis. “The fight against exclusion will never end. New worlds are emerging\, such as the Internet and social networks\, in which the rules for living together must be defined.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCommission fédérale contre le racisme : clôture de la campagne « Une Suisse à nos couleurs » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFCR\, press release of 20.11.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/close-of-the-une-suisse-a-nos-couleurs-campaign/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151111
DTSTAMP:20261020T173013Z
CREATED:20261016T002337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173013Z
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SUMMARY:FCCY national conference “Ma Suisse et moi”
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Commission for Child and Youth Affairs holds a national conference based on the survey “Ma Suisse et moi” (“My Switzerland and me”) of young people who came of age in 2015. Alain Berset: “A country must offer prospects to its young people\, otherwise it risks growing weaker.” \nAs the youngest member of the Federal Council\, he jokes about the Commission’s President\, Pierre Maudet\, who is younger still. A debate then brings together Anne Seydoux-Christe\, Lukas Reimann\, Mathias Reynard and Christian Wasserfallen. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale de la CFEJ « Ma Suisse et moi » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFCCY\, press release of 10.11.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fccy-national-conference-ma-suisse-et-moi/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151030
DTSTAMP:20261020T173013Z
CREATED:20261016T002333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173013Z
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SUMMARY:Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2015
DESCRIPTION:At the Grand Théâtre de Genève\, Alain Berset salutes the vitality of the watchmaking industry. The Aiguille d’Or goes to Greubel Forsey for the Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision. \nHe quotes the historian Daniel Boorstin: to measure time precisely\, humanity had to free itself from the sun. If SBB set its timetables by the sundial\, the trains might risk arriving on time. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGrand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2015 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nTribune de Genève\, 29.10.2015 (GPHG archive)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/grand-prix-dhorlogerie-de-geneve-2015-2/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151017
DTSTAMP:20261020T173012Z
CREATED:20261016T002329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173012Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Dance Awards: Grand Award to Gilles Jobin
DESCRIPTION:At the Théâtre Equilibre in Fribourg\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Grand Award for Dance to the Geneva choreographer Gilles Jobin. \n“Without dance\, we would not even have been born.” He is surprised that the classification of the arts\, since Hegel\, ranks dance only fourth\, and describes the protein biosynthesis danced at Stanford in the early 1970s. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de danse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 16.10.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 16.10.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-dance-awards-grand-award-to-gilles-jobin/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151016
DTSTAMP:20261020T173012Z
CREATED:20261016T002325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173012Z
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SUMMARY:Council of Europe conference on equal access of women to justice
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the conference of the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Commission\, organised with the Federal Office for Gender Equality. “Equal access to justice is essential to achieving equality between women and men in all areas.” \nHe starts from a question\, “What is progress?”\, and quotes Victor Hugo: “Progress is the collective step of the human race.” Between 1998 and 2006\, fewer than 20% of applications to the European Court of Human Rights were lodged by women. Snežana Samardžić-Marković\, Director General of Democracy of the Council of Europe\, also opens the conference. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence du Conseil de l’Europe sur l’égalité d’accès des femmes à la justice (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFOGE\, press release of 15.10.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/council-of-europe-conference-on-equal-access-of-women-to-justice/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151002
DTSTAMP:20261020T173012Z
CREATED:20261016T002321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173012Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to China: social security agreement
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset begins in Ningxia province: a village where migrants have been resettled\, the cave dwellings of the loess plateau\, the fight against desertification. \nIn Beijing\, he signs with the Minister of Culture\, Luo Shugang\, a declaration of intent opening negotiations on a cultural agreement. On 30 September\, he signs with Yin Weimin\, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security\, an agreement exempting posted workers for up to six years from paying contributions in the host country. Some 600 Swiss companies employ more than 200\,000 people in China. \nHe then holds talks with Vice-Premier Ma Kai on social security and on adapting pension systems to ageing. At the Sino-Swiss Business Awards of the Chamber of Commerce\, he speaks about innovation: we know why the apple falls\, but not yet how innovation comes about. \nMonday 28 September 2015 — Ningxia\n\nVisit to a village of resettled migrants\, Tongxin County\nVisit to cave dwellings on the loess plateau\n\nTuesday 29 September 2015 — Ningxia and Beijing\n\nVisit to a site combating desertification\nMeeting with Luo Shugang\, Minister of Culture\, and signing of a declaration of intent\nSino-Swiss Business Awards: speech by Alain Berset\n\nWednesday 30 September 2015 — Beijing\n\nMeeting with Yin Weimin\, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security\, and signing of the social security agreement\nMeeting with the media\nMeeting with Ma Kai\, Vice-Premier\nChinese National Day reception at the Great Hall of the People\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nSino-Swiss Business Awards 2015 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 23.09.2015\nFDHA\, press release of 30.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-china-social-security-agreement/
LOCATION:Pékin
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150925
DTSTAMP:20261020T173012Z
CREATED:20261016T002317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173012Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 11th Zurich Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:At the opening gala\, Alain Berset welcomes the audience together with Nadja Schildknecht\, Karl Spoerri and the Mayor\, Corine Mauch. Opening film: “The Man Who Knew Infinity”. \nA few weeks before the elections\, he salutes the balance of the guests\, from Jeremy Irons to Arnold Schwarzenegger: a range that reminds him of the composition of the Federal Council. Then Denis de Rougemont: “Die Eidgenossen verbündeten sich miteinander\, um voneinander verschieden zu bleiben.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nZurich Film Festival (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nOutNow\, 25.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-11th-zurich-film-festival/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150919
DTSTAMP:20261020T173011Z
CREATED:20261016T002313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173011Z
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SUMMARY:Thirty years of the Swiss Cultural Centre in Paris
DESCRIPTION:On the rue des Francs-Bourgeois\, Alain Berset celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of Pro Helvetia’s Swiss Cultural Centre. “For a socialist\, it is even a moment of intense emotion to do so on the rue des Francs-Bourgeois.” \nHe invokes Benjamin Constant\, for whom gratitude “has a short memory”\, and intends to prove him wrong. The evening brings together Charles Beer\, President of Pro Helvetia\, the President of the Council of States\, Claude Hêche\, and a performance by Roman Signer; it continues with a reception at the Ambassador’s residence. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n30 ans du Centre culturel suisse à Paris (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 18.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/thirty-years-of-the-swiss-cultural-centre-in-paris/
LOCATION:Paris
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150918
DTSTAMP:20261020T173011Z
CREATED:20261016T002308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173011Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Bi Jingquan\, Minister of the China Food and Drug Administration
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives the new Minister of the CFDA\, Bi Jingquan. They take stock of the cooperation agreement signed in Davos in January\, on foodstuffs\, medicines\, medical devices and cosmetics. \nA steering committee met for the first time in Beijing in June; the agreement extends a 2005 memorandum on health. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 17.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-bi-jingquan-minister-of-the-china-food-and-drug-administration/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150917
DTSTAMP:20261020T173010Z
CREATED:20261016T003047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173010Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Festival du film français d’Helvétie
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the FFFH in Biel/Bienne. His subject: the “popcorn barrier” that separates the language regions. A box-office success in one region almost always turns into a flop in the others. \nPromoting French-language cinema in German-speaking Switzerland from Biel/Bienne\, he tells the French guests\, is like promoting Breton cinema in Paris. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFestival du film français d’Helvétie (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-festival-du-film-francais-dhelvetie/
LOCATION:Bienne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150912
DTSTAMP:20261020T173010Z
CREATED:20261016T002300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173010Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Grand Award for Music to Heinz Holliger
DESCRIPTION:In Basel Minster\, Alain Berset opens the second presentation of the Swiss Grand Award for Music. The winner\, the oboist\, conductor and composer Heinz Holliger\, on tour in Japan\, responds live. \nThe speech quotes Nietzsche\, a former professor in Basel: “Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum.” In Berne\, he says\, it would be put more cautiously. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGrand Prix suisse de musique 2015 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 11.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-grand-award-for-music-to-heinz-holliger/
LOCATION:Bâle
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150912
DTSTAMP:20261020T173010Z
CREATED:20261016T002256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173010Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Folk Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:In Aarau\, Alain Berset salutes folk music: “Die Volksmusik verbindet uns alle.” A heritage once again recognised as an expression of Swiss identity. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête fédérale de la musique populaire (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 11.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-folk-music-festival/
LOCATION:Aarau
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150908
DTSTAMP:20261020T173009Z
CREATED:20261016T002252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173009Z
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SUMMARY:3rd National Forum on the protection of young people from the media
DESCRIPTION:The theme of the forum is “Always on”\, connected at all times and everywhere. Alain Berset recalls the strategy decided by the Federal Council in the spring: combining educational and regulatory measures. \nNew media carry risks (violent or pornographic content\, cyberbullying\, sexual abuse)\, but they are also an opportunity to learn and develop. The national Youth and Media programme (2011–2015) was carried out with Swisscom\, SIEA and the Jacobs Foundation. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n3e Forum national pour la protection de la jeunesse face aux médias (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFSIO\, press release of 07.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/3rd-national-forum-on-the-protection-of-young-people-from-the-media/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150905
DTSTAMP:20261020T173009Z
CREATED:20261016T002248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173009Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of Le Livre sur les quais
DESCRIPTION:Back from Vienna\, Alain Berset inaugurates the sixth edition of Le Livre sur les quais: 160\,000 visitors in five years. He covered his office with photos of the lake in order to write\, he says\, and ended up “fishing out a metaphor”. \nThe landscape seen from the Morges landing stage is that of Swiss literature: a beautiful expanse bounded by mountains\, and writers who gaze at the lake while dreaming of the sea. The Swiss book market is small\, divided by language\, and authors dream of being published abroad. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLe Livre sur les Quais (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 04.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-le-livre-sur-les-quais/
LOCATION:Morges
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150905
DTSTAMP:20261020T173008Z
CREATED:20261016T002244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173008Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of the health ministers of the German-speaking countries
DESCRIPTION:Third meeting of the “health quintet”\, after Münster in 2013 and the Kleine Scheidegg in 2014: Sabine Oberhauser (Austria\, host)\, Hermann Gröhe (Germany)\, Lydia Mutsch (Luxembourg)\, Mauro Pedrazzini (Liechtenstein) and Alain Berset. \nThe ministers discuss the availability of medicines and the long-term financing of health systems; their final declaration calls for new approaches to setting medicine prices. They address the refugee crisis: refugees must have access to care. And measles\, which Europe has the means to eliminate. \nThursday 3 September 2015 — Vienna\n\nWelcome by Minister Sabine Oberhauser and visit to the Spanish Riding School\n\nFriday 4 September 2015 — Vienna\n\nWorking session at the Albertina\nAdoption of the final declaration\, family photo\nPress conference\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 04.09.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-the-health-ministers-of-the-german-speaking-countries/
LOCATION:Vienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150902
DTSTAMP:20261020T173008Z
CREATED:20261016T003038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173008Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Fantoche\, the animated film festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 13th edition of Fantoche\, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. One of the festival’s themes is entitled “Family – sweet and sour”: invited as minister of culture or as a member of the Federal Council family\, he leans towards the second hypothesis\, in the middle of an election year. \nHe salutes “Timber” by Nils Hedinger\, winner of the Swiss Film Award for Best Animated Film. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de Fantoche\, festival international du film d’animation (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-fantoche-the-animated-film-festival/
LOCATION:Baden
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150901
DTSTAMP:20261020T173008Z
CREATED:20261016T002237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173008Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Food Industry Day (fial)
DESCRIPTION:Before the Federation of Swiss Food Industries\, Alain Berset talks salt and sugar. The Swiss consume on average nine grams of salt a day; the WHO recommends five. Working with the industry\, the salt content of bread has been brought below 1.5 grams per 100 grams\, “ohne dass es jemand gemerkt hat”. \nHe recalls the memorandum signed a month earlier at Expo Milano to reduce sugar in yoghurts and cereals\, without any new law. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFédération des Industries Alimentaires Suisses (fial) (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 31.08.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-food-industry-day-fial/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150828
DTSTAMP:20261020T173008Z
CREATED:20261016T002233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173008Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Cities Day
DESCRIPTION:In Geneva\, before the Swiss Union of Cities\, Alain Berset introduces himself as a “Landei”: Belfaux\, where he lives\, has 2\,992 inhabitants. He borrows the image of the architect Rem Koolhaas: the medieval city is a hard-boiled egg\, the industrial city a fried egg\, the modern city scrambled eggs. \nMore than half of humanity lives in cities; the UN forecasts 75% by the middle of the century. Twenty years ago\, however\, it was being predicted that cities would empty. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée des villes suisses (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 27.08.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-cities-day/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150825
DTSTAMP:20261020T173007Z
CREATED:20261016T002229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173007Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Statistics Days
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Swiss Statistics Days with Churchill: a politician must be able to predict what will happen tomorrow\, and then explain why it did not happen. \nFor the minister of social affairs\, health and culture\, statistics are a compass: without demographic scenarios\, no pension reform; without the FSO’s MARS project\, no measures against rising health costs. He quotes Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann: statistics are “das Informationsmittel der Mündigen”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nUnbeirrbar\, unbestechlich\, unaufgeregt: Die Statistik der Schweiz (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 24.08.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-statistics-days-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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