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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150905
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150822
DTSTAMP:20261020T173007Z
CREATED:20261016T003031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173007Z
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SUMMARY:Interpharma: financing health from the perspective of Health2020
DESCRIPTION:Before Interpharma\, the association of research-based pharmaceutical companies\, Alain Berset recalls the industry’s first public appearance: a 25-metre tower at the 1939 Landi. \nOn substance: “Gesundheitspolitik bedeutet also nicht einfach Kosten senken.” But costs will keep rising: according to the Federal Finance Administration\, they will go from 11% of GDP today to almost 16% in 2060. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInterpharma : le financement de la santé dans la perspective de Santé2020 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/interpharma-financing-health-from-the-perspective-of-health2020/
LOCATION:Interlaken
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150811
DTSTAMP:20261020T173007Z
CREATED:20261016T002221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173007Z
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SUMMARY:68th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On 5 August\, on the Piazza Grande\, Alain Berset opens the festival: “In Switzerland\, the leopard is a protected animal.” Care must be taken\, he says\, that this big cat does not feed on popcorn alone. \nOn the 6th\, at a press conference\, he presents the new film funding regime for 2016–2020: the PICS programme\, with 27 million over five years for filming and post-production in Switzerland\, and an ordinance on international cooperation replacing the transitional solution adopted after the freeze of the MEDIA programme. “Exchanges with Europe are important and beneficial for Swiss cinema.” \nOn the 7th\, he speaks at the traditional reception at Monte Verità\, at the aperitif of the Federal Office of Culture (Parliament has just adopted the Culture Dispatch\, increasing its funding) and before the Leopard Club\, the festival’s circle of patrons. \nWednesday 5 August 2015 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the festival management (Marco Solari\, Carlo Chatrian)\nOfficial inauguration\nOpening speech and opening film on the Piazza Grande\n\nThursday 6 August 2015 — Locarno\n\nPress conference with Isabelle Chassot\, Director of the Federal Office of Culture\, and Ivo Kummer\, Head of the Film Section\n\nFriday 7 August 2015 — Ascona and Locarno\n\nReception given by the festival in honour of the Federal Councillor\, Monte Verità: speech\nAperitif of the Federal Office of Culture: speech\nLeopard Club reception: speech\n\nSaturday 8 August 2015 — Locarno\n\nAperitif with federal parliamentarians\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 68e Festival del film Locarno (French-language page)\nLocarno : réception du Monte Verità (French-language page)\nLocarno : apéritif de l’Office fédéral de la culture (in German\, French-language page)\nLocarno : réception du Leopard Club (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 06.08.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/68th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150804
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150806
DTSTAMP:20261020T173007Z
CREATED:20261016T002214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173007Z
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SUMMARY:Expo Milano 2015: agreement on sugar reduction
DESCRIPTION:At the Swiss Pavilion of Expo Milano\, devoted to food\, Alain Berset brings the food industry together for a round table on sugar reduction. The FDHA and ten companies (bio-familia\, Bossy Céréales\, Coop\, Cremo\, Emmi\, Migros\, Molkerei Lanz\, Nestlé Suisse\, Zwicky\, Wander) sign a memorandum of understanding: they will review the recipes of their yoghurts and breakfast cereals and set target values with the FSVO. \nHe then visits the Palazzo Italia\, where he signs the Milan Charter\, and other national pavilions. The next day\, he visits the “Arts & Foods” exhibition at the Triennale before going on to Locarno. \nTuesday 4 August 2015 — Milan\n\nVisit to the Swiss Pavilion with Dante Martinelli\, Switzerland’s Commissioner General for the Expo\nRound table with the food industry and signing of the memorandum on sugar reduction\nPress briefing\nSigning of the Milan Charter at the Palazzo Italia; visit to other pavilions\n\nWednesday 5 August 2015 — Milan\n\nVisit to the exhibition “Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851”\, Triennale di Milano\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 04.08.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/expo-milano-2015-agreement-on-sugar-reduction/
LOCATION:Milan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150802
DTSTAMP:20261020T173006Z
CREATED:20261016T002211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173006Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Sierre and bicentenary of Valais
DESCRIPTION:On 1 August\, Alain Berset is in Sierre\, in the year of the 200th anniversary of Valais joining the Confederation. As “minister of meteorology”\, he salutes the sun on the town’s coat of arms and the Plaine Morte radar. \nHe takes up the same question as in Lindau: “How can we go on making competitiveness and solidarity rhyme?” And he urges his audience not to remain “frozen in our past and in our myths”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLe réalisme renforce la Suisse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 01.08.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-sierre-and-bicentenary-of-valais/
LOCATION:Sierre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150801
DTSTAMP:20261020T173006Z
CREATED:20261016T002206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173006Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Lindau: realism strengthens Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:On the eve of 1 August\, Alain Berset speaks in Lindau\, in the canton of Zurich\, in “Früh-Deutsch”\, a nod to the debate on early language teaching. He tells the story of Julius Maggi\, who at 23 takes over the family mill in Kemptthal and\, rather than fight on prices\, invents a new food. \nSwitzerland\, too\, must ask itself the right questions: how to combine competitiveness and solidarity\, how to hold together an increasingly diverse society. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRealismus stärkt die Schweiz (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 31.07.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-lindau-realism-strengthens-switzerland/
LOCATION:Lindau (ZH)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150703
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150704
DTSTAMP:20261020T173005Z
CREATED:20261016T003023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173005Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the NIFFF. To get there\, he says\, took courage: the road passes through the Fribourg village of Misery\, and through a place called “la Morte”. Stephen King would approve. \nThe fantastic\, he recalls\, is one of the oldest genres in cinema: Méliès sends his heroes to the Moon in 1902\, Ashley Miller to Mars in 1909\, more than twenty years before King Kong. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-neuchatel-international-fantastic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Neuchâtel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150626
DTSTAMP:20261020T173005Z
CREATED:20261016T002158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173005Z
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SUMMARY:Twenty years of the Federal Commission against Racism and launch of “Une Suisse à nos couleurs”
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Commission against Racism is twenty years old\, as is the criminal-law provision against racial discrimination. Together with Alain Berset\, it launches the campaign “Une Suisse à nos couleurs”\, against racism and discrimination on the Internet\, with a platform entrusted for six months to young people\, associations and companies. \n“It is also thanks to the Commission that we can talk about racism today\, as a social problem that is part of our daily lives\,” he says. The President of the FCR\, Martine Brunschwig Graf\, notes that social networks have given racism “a new resonance”. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 25.06.2015\nFCR\, press release of 04.06.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/twenty-years-of-the-federal-commission-against-racism-and-launch-of-une-suisse-a-nos-couleurs/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150618
DTSTAMP:20261020T173004Z
CREATED:20261016T002155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173004Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by the Austrian Minister of Culture\, Josef Ostermayer
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives in Berne Josef Ostermayer\, Austrian Minister of Arts\, Culture\, Constitution and Media. They discuss artistic exchanges\, film cooperation and Switzerland’s participation in the MEDIA and Creative Europe programmes. They want to institutionalise a regular exchange on cultural policy. \nThe next day\, in Basel\, the two ministers visit the LISTE fair and Art Basel\, have lunch at the Fondation Beyeler with Guy Morin\, President of the Basel Government\, and visit the Paul Gauguin exhibition. \nTuesday 16 June 2015 — Berne\n\nOne-to-one meeting\, followed by talks between the delegations\n\nWednesday 17 June 2015 — Basel\n\nVisit to the LISTE fair\nWelcome at Art Basel by its director\, Marc Spiegler; visit to the “Unlimited” sector and to Swiss and Austrian galleries\nOfficial lunch at the Fondation Beyeler with Guy Morin\nVisit to the Paul Gauguin exhibition\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 17.06.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-austrian-minister-of-culture-josef-ostermayer/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150616
DTSTAMP:20261020T173005Z
CREATED:20261016T002152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173005Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Art Awards
DESCRIPTION:At the opening of Art Basel\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Art Awards; this year the Federal Office of Culture names eleven winners in art and eighteen in design. \nHe starts from the booming art market: one of Monet’s Water Lilies paintings has just sold for 54 million. “Man könnte meinen\, monetarisieren komme von ‘Monet’.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses d’art (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 15.06.2015\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 15.06.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-art-awards/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150615
DTSTAMP:20261020T173004Z
CREATED:20261016T002148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173004Z
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SUMMARY:Vote on preimplantation genetic diagnosis
DESCRIPTION:The people and the cantons approve the amendment to the constitutional article on medically assisted reproduction. It paves the way for preimplantation genetic diagnosis\, which the law prohibited\, for couples carrying a serious hereditary disease and for infertile couples. \nAlain Berset\, who had presented the proposal on 23 March\, comments on the result at a press conference and in a video address. Parliament had adopted the article by 160 votes to 31 in the National Council and 34 to 8 in the Council of States. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, dossier “Preimplantation genetic diagnosis”\nFDHA\, press release of 23.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-on-preimplantation-genetic-diagnosis/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150612
DTSTAMP:20261020T173004Z
CREATED:20261016T003016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173004Z
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SUMMARY:INTERPRET celebration\, community interpreting
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the celebration of INTERPRET\, the Swiss association for community interpreting and intercultural mediation. His theme: “Das Dazwischen wird unterschätzt.” \nThe in-between is a bridge\, a cement\, a pass between two players. Switzerland\, he says\, is not only a nation of will\, but “eine Nation der Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête d’INTERPRET\, association pour l’interprétariat communautaire (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/interpret-celebration-community-interpreting/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150609
DTSTAMP:20261020T173003Z
CREATED:20261016T003012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173003Z
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SUMMARY:Fiftieth anniversary of the Swiss Union of Liberal Professions
DESCRIPTION:At the Liberal Professions Day\, Alain Berset congratulates the Swiss Union of Liberal Professions on its fiftieth anniversary: he himself\, he says\, practises a non-liberal profession\, where decisions are taken collegially. \nHe recalls that in 1885 the head of the FDHA wanted to buy two typewriters; the Federal Council authorised only one. The Union\, he concludes\, is “eine Schweiz im Kleinen”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n50 ans de l’Union suisse des professions libérales (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fiftieth-anniversary-of-the-swiss-union-of-liberal-professions/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150602
DTSTAMP:20261020T173003Z
CREATED:20261016T002133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173003Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to the European Commission
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset meets four members of the European Commission. With Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis\, responsible for the euro and social dialogue: an overview of relations between Switzerland and the EU\, and Swiss social partnership. \nWith Vytenis Andriukaitis\, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety: cooperation in public health\, in particular the coordinated fight against antibiotic resistance\, and the priorities of Health2020. He also sees Pierre Moscovici\, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs\, and Marianne Thyssen\, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs (pensions\, older workers). \nMonday 1 June 2015 — Brussels\n\nMeeting with Valdis Dombrovskis\, Vice-President of the Commission\, Berlaymont\nMeeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis\, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety\nMeeting with Pierre Moscovici\, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs\nMeeting with Marianne Thyssen\, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs\nPress briefing\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 01.06.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-the-european-commission/
LOCATION:Bruxelles
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150529
DTSTAMP:20261020T173002Z
CREATED:20261016T002130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173002Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Theatre Awards: Hans Reinhart Ring to Stefan Kaegi
DESCRIPTION:At the Winterthur Theatre\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Grand Award for Theatre / Hans Reinhart Ring to Stefan Kaegi\, of the Rimini Protokoll collective. \nHis speech plays with the winner’s method\, which blurs the boundary between stage and audience: it is not impossible\, he says\, that he will begin this speech as a Federal Councillor and end it as a “Bundesrat-Darsteller”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de théâtre (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 27.05.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 28.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-theatre-awards-hans-reinhart-ring-to-stefan-kaegi/
LOCATION:Winterthour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150528
DTSTAMP:20261020T173002Z
CREATED:20261016T002126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173002Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Institute of International Studies: memory must serve the future
DESCRIPTION:Before the Swiss Institute of International Studies\, Alain Berset speaks about the Swiss relationship with their history. The country knows how to unite opposites: “Wir sind Mythomanen und Mythen-Zertrümmerer.” Dada\, the anti-bourgeois avant-garde\, opened its gallery on the Paradeplatz in 1917. \nBut when it comes to history\, the political culture of compromise and the media culture of confrontation cross paths without meeting: the foil in Berne\, the two-handed sword in public debate. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nErinnerung muss zukunftstauglich sein (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 27.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-institute-of-international-studies-memory-must-serve-the-future/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150526
DTSTAMP:20261020T173002Z
CREATED:20261016T002121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173002Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 17th World Meteorological Congress
DESCRIPTION:At the Geneva International Conference Centre\, Alain Berset opens\, on behalf of the host state\, the 17th Congress of the WMO (25 May – 12 June). “To ensure sustainable development\, the global community needs reliable information on the state of the climate and the changes under way.” \nHe pays tribute to the outgoing Secretary-General\, Michel Jarraud. And he announces the candidacy of Professor Thomas Stocker\, Co-Chair of Working Group I\, for the chairmanship of the IPCC. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 17e Congrès de l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 25.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-17th-world-meteorological-congress/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150523
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
CREATED:20261016T002117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173001Z
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SUMMARY:Bimillennium of Avenches
DESCRIPTION:Avenches\, the Roman Aventicum\, opens four days of celebrations for its two thousandth anniversary. Alain Berset inaugurates the “2000 Years Promenade”\, a pedestrian route through the town\, and speaks at the official ceremony. \nHe salutes the first known administrative capital of the country and calculates that a two-thousand-year-old commune would be entitled to twenty centenarian’s armchairs: a removal lorry\, on the winding road from Belfaux. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nBimillénaire d’Avenches (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nRSI\, 20.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/bimillennium-of-avenches/
LOCATION:Avenches
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150520
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
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SUMMARY:Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset closes the annual meeting of the Conference of European National Librarians. He opens\, in English\, with a sentence by Hilary Mantel: “I once stole a book. It was really just the once\, and at the time I called it borrowing.” \nThe book the novelist had kept had not been read in twenty-five years. Today it would be withdrawn from the shelves to free up space. “As a book-lover\, I regret this. As the Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs\, I have to welcome it.” The speech deals with digitisation and the future of national libraries. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des bibliothécaires nationaux européens (CENL) (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/conference-of-european-national-librarians-cenl/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150519
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 68th World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset welcomes the delegates on behalf of the host country. After the Ebola epidemic in West Africa\, he speaks of the resilience of health systems and recalls the role of the WHO in guaranteeing fair and affordable access to essential care. Universal health coverage is a priority of Swiss cooperation in the field of health. \nOn his initiative\, a working lunch on ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 brings together the Senegalese Health Minister\, Awa Marie Coll Seck\, the Mauritian Minister\, Anil Gayan\, and senior figures from UNAIDS\, the Global Fund and Médecins Sans Frontières. \nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is the guest speaker at the opening session. \nMonday 18 May 2015 — Geneva\n\nOpening session\, Palais des Nations: speech by Alain Berset\nSpeech by Angela Merkel\, guest speaker\nWorking lunch on HIV/AIDS with the ministers of Senegal and Mauritius\nMeeting with Hermann Gröhe\, German Health Minister\nMeeting with Micheline Calmy-Rey and the Institute of Global Health of the University of Geneva\, Swiss Mission\nSwiss reception at WHO headquarters\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n68e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 18.05.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 18.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-68th-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150518
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
CREATED:20261016T002959Z
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SUMMARY:Solothurn Literature Days: language in politics
DESCRIPTION:At the Solothurn Literature Days\, Alain Berset speaks about the use of language in politics. He opens with a “confession” (his visit to the Pope has left its mark) and with the constraint of speaking on behalf of the collegial body: to the question “Wer bin ich – und wenn ja\, wie viele?”\, a Federal Councillor can answer: seven. \nHis remarks are aimed not only at elected officials\, but at everyone who speaks in public debate: initiative committees\, organisations\, writers of letters to the editor\, artists. “Kultur ist immer politisch.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournées littéraires de Soleure : la langue en politique (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/solothurn-literature-days-language-in-politics/
LOCATION:Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150513
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
CREATED:20261016T002956Z
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SUMMARY:Innovation and SME Day
DESCRIPTION:At EPFL’s SwissTech Convention Center\, the Innovation and SME Day is devoted to health and the “Health Valley”. Alain Berset opens holding… sheets of recycled paper\, whose manufacture he describes in detail: innovation is also “the struggle between the new and the old”. \nHe stresses the role of the public authorities\, which create the framework conditions\, alongside companies that know how to exploit their potential. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée de l’innovation et des PME (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/innovation-and-sme-day/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150510
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
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SUMMARY:56th Art Biennale: Swiss Pavilion and Salon Suisse
DESCRIPTION:On 8 May\, Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss Pavilion\, where Pamela Rosenkranz is showing “Our Product”. He defends a promotion of culture that opens spaces to thought-provoking works whose primary purpose is not to respond to the market. The exhibition speaks of the loss of physical autonomy\, of the boundary between illness and health\, of nature and artifice. \nHe visits the pavilion with the Austrian Minister of Culture\, Josef Ostermayer; they discuss the promotion of culture and international exchanges. \nOn the 9th\, at the Palazzo Trevisan\, he opens Pro Helvetia’s Salon Suisse\, “S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess”. Speech in German\, every sentence launched with “DA”: “Dada is never right”\, proclaimed a Paris leaflet of 1921; for a politician\, that is convenient. \nFriday 8 May 2015 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Swiss Pavilion with the curator\, Susanne Pfeffer\, and the artist\, Pamela Rosenkranz\nMeeting with Josef Ostermayer\, Austrian Minister of Arts and Culture\nInauguration of the Swiss Pavilion: speeches by Charles Beer\, President of Pro Helvetia\, and Alain Berset\n\nSaturday 9 May 2015 — Venice\n\nOpening of the Salon Suisse “S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess”\, Palazzo Trevisan\nVisit to the Biennale (Arsenale\, Austrian Pavilion)\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n56e Biennale de Venise : inauguration du pavillon suisse (French-language page)\nBiennale de Venise : ouverture du Salon Suisse « S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 08.05.2015\nFDHA\, press release of 01.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/56th-art-biennale-swiss-pavilion-and-salon-suisse/
LOCATION:Venise
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150507
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
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SUMMARY:Rome and the Vatican: swearing-in of the Swiss Guard and working visit
DESCRIPTION:On 6 May\, Alain Berset greets Pope Francis at the end of the general audience in St Peter’s Square. He meets Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher\, Secretary for Relations with States: protection of minorities\, the fight against violent extremism\, the 1\,500th anniversary of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice\, the Confederation’s support for the Pontifical Swiss Guard. \nHe visits the Swiss School of Rome and meets\, at the Swiss Institute in Rome\, a delegation from Valais\, the host canton of the swearing-in. Then two Italian ministers: Giuliano Poletti (Labour and Social Policies) on pensions and older workers; the Deputy Minister of Health\, Vito De Filippo\, on cross-border cooperation\, chronic diseases and food safety ahead of Expo Milano. \nAt the end of the day\, he attends the swearing-in of 32 new guards in the Courtyard of St Damasus\, and addresses a few words to them. \nWednesday 6 May 2015 — Vatican and Rome\n\nMass for the Swiss Guard in St Peter’s Basilica\, celebrated by the Cardinal Secretary of State\, Pietro Parolin\nMeeting with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher\nGeneral audience\, greeting of Pope Francis\nVisit to the Swiss School of Rome\nReception at the Swiss Institute in Rome with the Valais authorities\nMeeting with Giuliano Poletti\, Minister of Labour and Social Policies\nMeeting with Vito De Filippo\, Deputy Minister of Health\nSwearing-in ceremony of the Pontifical Swiss Guard\, Courtyard of St Damasus\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 01.05.2015\nFDHA\, press release of 06.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rome-and-the-vatican-swearing-in-of-the-swiss-guard-and-working-visit/
LOCATION:Rome
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150504
DTSTAMP:20261020T172959Z
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SUMMARY:Guest at the Glarus Landsgemeinde
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is guest of honour at the Glarus Landsgemeinde; the official minutes list him among the guests. \nIn his speech\, he recalls that as early as 1463 the Landsgemeinde laid down the recipe for Schabziger: a designation of origin “avant la lettre”\, decided by direct democracy. The former President of the Swiss AOC-IGP Association says he is impressed. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLandsgemeinde de Glaris (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Glarus\, minutes of the Landsgemeinde of 03.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/guest-at-the-glarus-landsgemeinde/
LOCATION:Glaris
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