At the invitation of the Ordine dei medici of the canton of Ticino, Alain Berset defends the constitutional article on primary medical care at the USI. He opens with Hermann Hesse: “L’arrivo a Lugano non è stato esaltante”, he wrote in 1927, before staying there for thirty-five years. He describes a family doctor’s waiting room, […]
Alain Berset speaks at the fundraising dinner of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE), in the presence of the President of the Valais government. He draws on Walter Benjamin’s “Berlin Childhood” to recall that the carefreeness of childhood is not given to everyone. Speeches on this site Souper de charité en […]
Before the SODK, meeting for its 75th annual assembly, in the presence of the Minister of Social Affairs of Baden-Württemberg, Alain Berset outlines federal social policy. He recounts the question an Indian minister had put to him: what advice would he give for reforming a country like India? The Swiss answer, he says, lies in […]
At the Fondation Beyeler, Alain Berset opens the exhibition “Gerhard Richter: Pictures/Series”. He starts with a difficulty: two things annoy Richter, being told that his work is wonderful, and talk about painting. His speech, “Gerhard Richter – Offenheit als Identität”, makes the openness and variety of the work a form of identity. Speeches on this […]
The people and all the cantons approve the constitutional article on primary medical care, the counter-proposal to the initiative “Yes to family medicine”. The yes vote reaches 88%, more than two million votes. Alain Berset speaks of a “clear signal” and of a mandate given to the political world to face “the major challenges ahead […]
At the Palais des Nations, Alain Berset delivers the opening speech of the 67th World Health Assembly. It focuses on the climate: floods, droughts, diseases transmitted by insects or water. “So it is a public health issue,” he repeats. He jokes about his portfolio, which also includes statistics and meteorology. During the day, he meets […]
At the Winterthur theatre, during the first Swiss Theatre Meeting, the FOC presents the Swiss Theatre Awards for the first time, in the presence of Alain Berset. Omar Porras, founder of the Teatro Malandro, receives the Grand Award / Hans Reinhart Ring; Nikola Weisse and Fabienne Hadorn are honoured as outstanding actresses. His speech, “Theatre […]
Jason Kenney, Canadian Minister of Employment, Social Development and Multiculturalism, is received in Bern by Johann N. Schneider-Ammann and Alain Berset. With Alain Berset, the talks cover the cultural diversity of the two countries, the preservation of multilingualism and the fight against racism. Sources EAER and FDHA, press release of 23.05.2014
Gisèle Sallin and Véronique Mermoud hand over the direction of the Théâtre des Osses, Fribourg’s drama centre, to the Pasquier-Rossier company. Alain Berset speaks at the ceremony. He quotes Antonin Artaud and his call for “a theatre that events do not outstrip”: the phrase, he says, sums up the founders’ work. Speeches on this site […]
The Federal Council opens the consultation on the Culture Message 2016–2019. Alain Berset presents it to the press with the Director of the FOC, Isabelle Chassot: three axes, cultural participation, social cohesion, creation and innovation, and 894.6 million francs over four years. “Mit einem Wachstum von 3,4 Prozent pro Jahr anerkennt der Bundesrat, wie wichtig […]
Alain Berset receives in Bern the Liechtenstein Government Councillor Mauro Pedrazzini, responsible for health and social affairs. The two ministers confirm regional cooperation in inpatient and outpatient care and discuss old-age provision reforms and flexible retirement age models. Sources FDHA, press release of 02.06.2014
Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss pavilion at the 14th Architecture Biennale, in the presence of curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. His speech, in the Giardini, summons Lucius Burckhardt, sociologist and planning theorist, and the science he made of it, “Promenadologie”. On 7 June, he opens the Salon Suisse at the Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, devoted to […]
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