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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131027
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SUMMARY:30 years of Fri-Son
DESCRIPTION:The Fribourg concert venue celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. Alain Berset remembers a “permanent firework display”: like other young people from Fribourg\, he appreciated the privilege of having such a lively and international stage on his doorstep. Fri-Son has grown without losing its soul; it took thirty years to move “from transgression to a certain normality”. \nHe quotes Zorg\, the hero of “37°2 le matin”\, and ends with Sid Vicious: “If it’s too loud\, you’re too old”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n30 ans de Fri-Son (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/30-years-of-fri-son/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131011
DTSTAMP:20261020T172929Z
CREATED:20261016T004907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172929Z
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SUMMARY:Lilienberg Forum: “Politische Führung in einer komplexen Welt”
DESCRIPTION:Before the Lilienberg entrepreneurs\, Alain Berset takes up the theme of political leadership in the information age. He mentions the “Living Earth Simulator” project\, meant to model economic\, social and ecological systems: he is already looking forward to relaxed Federal Council meetings. And he quotes Wilhelm II: “Das Automobil ist nur eine vorübergehende Erscheinung. Ich glaube an das Pferd!” \nThe sovereign people\, he says\, are becoming more critical and better informed: “So gesehen\, wird die Schweiz im Internet-Zeitalter noch schweizerischer.” Hence his method for old-age provision and health. And a question: how do you explain Old-Age Provision 2020 in twenty seconds on the television news? \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLilienberg Forum : « Politische Führung in einer komplexen Welt » (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/lilienberg-forum-politische-fuhrung-in-einer-komplexen-welt-2/
LOCATION:Ermatingen
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131011
DTSTAMP:20261020T172929Z
CREATED:20261016T004903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172929Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with the Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Natalia Korolevska\, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine\, for a courtesy meeting. Three topics: the long-term financial sustainability of old-age provision\, with the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform\, equality for people with disabilities\, and invalidity insurance. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.10.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-the-ukrainian-minister-of-social-policy/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131003
DTSTAMP:20261020T172929Z
CREATED:20261016T004901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172929Z
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SUMMARY:Informal meeting of EU culture and audiovisual ministers
DESCRIPTION:Lithuania holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It invites the ministers of the EU\, the EEA and EFTA to Vilnius. On the evening of 1 October\, the Lithuanian Minister of Culture\, Šarūnas Birutis\, welcomes them at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. \nOn 2 October\, at the National Gallery of Art\, two sessions: culture as a driver of economic growth and social cohesion\, then freedom and pluralism of the media in the age of audiovisual and digital convergence. \nTuesday 1 October 2013 — Vilnius\n\nWelcome by the Minister of Culture\, Šarūnas Birutis\, and visit to the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania\nGala dinner\n\nWednesday 2 October 2013 — Vilnius\n\nSession I: cultural policies as a driver of economic growth and social cohesion\nSession II: freedom and pluralism of the media in the convergence of audiovisual and media\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 30.09.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/informal-meeting-of-eu-culture-and-audiovisual-ministers/
LOCATION:Vilnius
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130927
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172928Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Zurich Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:“Ich freue mich\, Ihnen die Filmförderung des Bundes erklären zu können…” Alain Berset breaks off at once: he only wanted to check that people were listening. He recounts being turned away in 1984 at the entrance to the second Indiana Jones film\, too young; today he walks on a carpet\, green rather than red. \nThe festival\, he says\, is not only a glamorous event: boundaries of identity and background are crossed there. He mentions a Japanese documentary in the programme about a company that rents out fake parents; in Switzerland\, neither families nor members of the government are for hire: “Ich bin es wirklich selber!” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nZurich Film Festival (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 26.09.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-zurich-film-festival-2/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130923
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172928Z
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SUMMARY:Vote of 22 September: the Epidemics Act accepted
DESCRIPTION:The people accept the revision of the Epidemics Act with 60% of the vote. Six months after the family policy article failed to win the cantons\, Alain Berset wins the vote on the dossier he defended all summer. \nThe campaign was hard-fought. According to the VOX analysis\, many voters found it difficult to decide and many only did so late. The act came into force in 2016. \nSources \n\nVOX analysis of the vote of 22.09.2013 (swissvotes)\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-of-22-september-the-epidemics-act-accepted/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130921
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172928Z
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SUMMARY:First Swiss Dance Awards
DESCRIPTION:At the Equilibre theatre in Fribourg\, the Federal Office of Culture presents the Swiss Dance Awards for the first time. The Swiss Dance Award goes to Martin Schläpfer\, director of the Ballett am Rhein\, the special award to the Théâtre Sévelin 36 in Lausanne. Yen Han and Foofwa d’Imobilité are honoured as outstanding dancers. \n“It was about time!” Alain Berset quotes Calvin’s ecclesiastical ordinances of 1541: dancing outside weddings cost 60 sous and three days in prison on bread and water. The reformers feared dance because it expresses a primal freedom. He concludes with Merce Cunningham: after the dance\, nothing remains\, “nichts als dieser flüchtige Moment\, wo du fühlst\, dass du lebst”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPremiers Prix suisses de danse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.09.2013\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.09.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-swiss-dance-awards/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130911
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004848Z
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SUMMARY:RehaClinic Gesundheitstreff: ten years of the Bad Zurzach clinic
DESCRIPTION:The RehaClinic in Bad Zurzach celebrates its tenth anniversary. Alain Berset speaks there the day after the National Health2020 Conference. “Wir brauchen eine Gesamtschau. Aber wir brauchen keine Revolution im Gesundheitssystem.” Pragmatic adjustments\, step by step\, so that care remains affordable for low and middle incomes. \nHe recalls local history: at the beginning of the 20th century\, the first thermal spring\, discovered during drilling for salt\, had been concreted over again; it was only reopened in 1955. Good things\, he concludes\, sometimes take a little time. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGesundheitstreff de la RehaClinic : dix ans de la clinique de Bad Zurzach (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rehaclinic-gesundheitstreff-ten-years-of-the-bad-zurzach-clinic/
LOCATION:Bad Zurzach
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130911
DTSTAMP:20261020T172927Z
CREATED:20261016T004844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172927Z
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SUMMARY:Pfeffinger Forum: Old-Age Provision 2020
DESCRIPTION:The Pfeffinger Forum breaks its record: 575 registrations\, the maximum allowed by the fire regulations. Last year\, fog had prevented Didier Burkhalter’s helicopter from landing; Alain Berset is surprised to have arrived on time. \nHe takes up Woody Allen’s life in reverse\, “die eleganteste Reform unserer Altersvorsorge”\, then sets out the actual reform in detail. He ends with the Epidemics Act\, voted on twelve days later: like the pension reform\, a pragmatic project that adapts what has proved its worth. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPfeffinger Forum 2013 : Prévoyance vieillesse 2020 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/pfeffinger-forum-old-age-provision-2020/
LOCATION:Pfeffingen
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130910
DTSTAMP:20261020T172927Z
CREATED:20261016T004840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172927Z
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SUMMARY:First National Health2020 Conference
DESCRIPTION:More than 350 health stakeholders gathered for the first time at the invitation of Alain Berset. “Von hier vorne sieht es fast so aus\, als ob das Gesundheitswesen tatsächlich zu einem Wesen geworden wäre.” A benevolent being\, he adds: it heals and does not bite. \nThe system\, he says\, is efficient\, social and reliable; the population is satisfied with it despite its cost. But ageing\, chronic diseases and growing expectations require the system to adapt. He announces an independent expert group and has the participants work in very small groups\, so that everyone can make proposals. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPremière Conférence nationale Santé2020 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-national-health2020-conference/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130904
DTSTAMP:20261020T172927Z
CREATED:20261016T004837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172927Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Bankers Day
DESCRIPTION:Before the Swiss Bankers Association\, Alain Berset reads out the Wikipedia definition: the reputation of the banking centre rests on the country’s political and economic stability. He adds social stability\, without which there is neither. As a citizen and taxpayer\, he says\, he is reassured; as a Federal Councillor\, he would like meetings where something other than the financial centre is discussed. \nThe heart of the speech is a warning: “Denn die Annahme\, dass alles\, was im eigenen Land legal ist\, auch international als legitim gilt\, hat sich als ebenso gefährlich wie naiv erwiesen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée des banquiers (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 03.09.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-bankers-day/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130903
DTSTAMP:20261020T172927Z
CREATED:20261016T004833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172927Z
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SUMMARY:Epidemics Act: presentation evening in Bulle
DESCRIPTION:In the Gruyère\, Alain Berset recalls that until the 19th century epidemics governed people’s lives\, taking several children from every mother. Hygiene and vaccines brought them under control\, but these victories are only ever temporary\, and the 1970 act is no longer sufficient. \nHe ends with Giono and “The Horseman on the Roof”\, in which the hero confronts cholera: “Let us try to rise to the occasion.” Cantons\, Parliament\, Federal Council and health professionals\, he recalls\, support the revision. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLoi sur les épidémies : soirée de présentation à Bulle (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/epidemics-act-presentation-evening-in-bulle/
LOCATION:Bulle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130823
DTSTAMP:20261020T172926Z
CREATED:20261016T004829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172926Z
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SUMMARY:Epidemics Act and Health2020: campaign evening in Schaffhausen
DESCRIPTION:Back from China\, Alain Berset defends the Epidemics Act in Schaffhausen. He sets two answers against each other on the question of good politics: Max Weber’s\, passion\, responsibility\, a sense of proportion\, and the town’s motto\, “Lappi tue d’Auge uf!”. In Beijing and Shanghai\, he says\, people told him they envied the quality of the Swiss system. \nHe responds to fears of forced vaccination: everyone remains free to be vaccinated or not\, and for children\, it is the parents who decide. And he quotes Senator Moynihan: “Sie haben ein Recht auf Ihre eigene Meinung. Aber Sie haben kein Recht auf Ihre eigenen Fakten.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSanté2020 et loi sur les épidémies : soirée de campagne à Schaffhouse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/epidemics-act-and-health2020-campaign-evening-in-schaffhausen/
LOCATION:Schaffhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130820
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130821
DTSTAMP:20261020T172926Z
CREATED:20261016T004826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172926Z
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SUMMARY:Ambassadors’ Conference: “Politische Führung in einer komplexen Welt”
DESCRIPTION:Before more than 230 representatives of Switzerland abroad\, Alain Berset speaks about political leadership in the information age. The printing press\, he recalls\, made the Reformation possible when Luther only wanted a theological debate. The Internet will have consequences on the same scale. \nThree changes\, in his view: knowledge is becoming democratised\, which means involving staff more; the population is becoming more critical and demands transparency; and Switzerland\, the most complex political system in the world\, is also at the forefront of the digital revolution. “Orientierung ist nicht alles\, aber ohne Orientierung ist alles nichts.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des ambassadeurs 2013 : « Politische Führung in einer komplexen Welt » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ambassadors-conference-politische-fuhrung-in-einer-komplexen-welt/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130820
DTSTAMP:20261020T172926Z
CREATED:20261016T004822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172926Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to China
DESCRIPTION:Three months after Li Bin’s invitation in Geneva\, Alain Berset spends four days in Beijing and Shanghai\, with State Councillors Carlo Conti (Basel-Stadt)\, President of the GDK\, and Pierre-François Unger (Geneva)\, whose cantons have partnerships with Chinese hospitals\, and a medical technology delegation. On 15 August\, at Peking University\, he opens a conference on infectious diseases and vaccination. \nOn the 16th\, he holds talks with Vice-Minister Yin Li of the China Food and Drug Administration\, created in March: an agreement on food and medicine safety is envisaged. At the Ministry of Culture\, he holds talks with Vice-Minister Ding Wei\, then signs the bilateral agreement on cultural property\, against illicit trafficking. Talks also cover a social security agreement under negotiation\, useful for Swiss nationals posted to China. \nOn the 17th\, he speaks at the opening of the Chinese Health Forum\, then meets Li Bin: communicable and non-communicable diseases\, health workforce\, the Chinese reform launched in 2009\, Health2020. In Shanghai\, on the 18th\, he visits Shanghai East Hospital\, the Pro Helvetia office and galleries\, and meets artists\, curators and museum directors. \nThursday 15 August 2013 — Beijing\n\nLunch debate with experts on infectious diseases and vaccination\, Peking University\nOpening of the conference “Infectious Disease and Vaccination”\, address\nLecture at the medical school’s global health diplomacy course\nVisit to the Urs Meile gallery and meeting with artists\n\nFriday 16 August 2013 — Beijing\n\nTalks with Vice-Minister Yin Li\, China Food and Drug Administration\nTalks with the Vice-Minister of Human Resources and Social Security\nTalks with Vice-Minister of Culture Ding Wei\nSigning of the agreement on the protection of cultural property\nReception for the Swiss community at the residence of Ambassador Jacques de Watteville\, address\n\nSaturday 17 August 2013 — Beijing and Shanghai\n\nAddress at the opening of the Chinese Health Forum\nTalks with Li Bin\, Minister of Health\nPress briefing\n\nSunday 18 August 2013 — Shanghai\n\nVisit to Shanghai East Hospital\nVisit to the exhibition “Portrait of the Times – 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art” at the Power Station of Art\, round table with artists\, curators and museum and festival directors\nVisit to galleries and artists’ studios at Moganshan\nMeeting with representatives of the medical technology sector and of the Swiss community\, address\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 17.08.2013\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-china/
LOCATION:Pékin
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130814
DTSTAMP:20261020T172926Z
CREATED:20261016T004819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172926Z
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SUMMARY:Press conference: yes to the Epidemics Act
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Federal Council\, Alain Berset recommends accepting the revised Epidemics Act\, put to the vote on 22 September. The 1970 act no longer offers enough protection against threats such as SARS. The revision is to enable the Confederation and the cantons to act faster\, manage crises better and combat antibiotic resistance and hospital infections\, which cause some 2\,000 deaths a year. \nThe Basel State Councillor Carlo Conti brings the support of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors. Vaccination practice\, based on voluntary participation\, does not change; compulsory vaccination could only target specific groups\, in a crisis situation and for a limited period. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/press-conference-yes-to-the-epidemics-act/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130807
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130811
DTSTAMP:20261020T172925Z
CREATED:20261016T004816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172925Z
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SUMMARY:66th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On 7 August\, on the Piazza Grande\, Alain Berset opens the first edition directed by Carlo Chatrian. The festival\, he says\, is “the gold prospector’s sieve”. He ends with the American critic Roger Ebert\, honoured at Locarno this year: there must be another world somewhere\, “a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live”. \nAt Monte Verità\, the same evening\, he evokes the community that lived there until 1914\, mocked by the press\, several of whose ideals have become the norm: “Artists are often condemned to be right before everyone else.” Before the Leopard Club\, he lists the Swiss contradictions\, an island of stability under international fire\, pragmatic and given to myth-making\, and suggests inviting Robert Redford\, while pointing out that the Federal Council has never discussed it. \nOn 8 August\, at a press conference\, he launches the discussion on a national cultural policy involving the Confederation\, the cantons and the cities; the FOC announces stronger support for screenwriting together with the SRG SSR and easier co-productions. On the 10th\, in Ascona\, he meets European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou: a positive assessment of Swiss participation in the MEDIA programme\, which Switzerland wishes to renew. \nWednesday 7 August 2013 — Locarno and Ascona\n\nOpening speech of the festival on the Piazza Grande\nSpeech at the Monte Verità reception\n\nThursday 8 August 2013 — Locarno\n\nPress conference on cultural policy and cinema\n\nFriday 9 August 2013 — Locarno\n\nSpeech before the Leopard Club\n\nSaturday 10 August 2013 — Ascona\n\nTalks with Androulla Vassiliou\, European Commissioner for Education\, Culture\, Multilingualism and Youth\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 66e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)\nFestival de Locarno : réception du Monte Verità (French-language page)\nFestival de Locarno : rencontre du Leopard Club (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.08.2013\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/66th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130802
DTSTAMP:20261020T172925Z
CREATED:20261016T004810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172925Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Rümlang
DESCRIPTION:On 1 August\, Alain Berset speaks in Rümlang\, in the canton of Zurich. The speech takes up the Stansstad one: the European crisis\, older workers\, a multipolar world\, the relationship with the European Union and the financial centre. \nHe adds a passage on Kleinjogg\, the 18th-century Zurich reforming farmer admired by Goethe. The conclusion does not change: “In der Schweiz steckt viel Vergangenheit. Aber noch viel mehr Zukunft!”
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-rumlang/
LOCATION:Rümlang
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130801
DTSTAMP:20261020T172925Z
CREATED:20261016T004808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172925Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Moudon
DESCRIPTION:The same evening\, in Moudon\, Alain Berset gives the French version of the Stansstad speech: “When the past carries the future”. The maxim “it was better before”\, he says\, does not answer the anxieties of an unstable era. \n“Closing the door and waiting until nothing works any more is not an attitude worthy of Switzerland. Because we are pragmatic people. And we have a spirit of reform!” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale 2013 à Moudon : « Quand le passé est porteur d’avenir » (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-moudon/
LOCATION:Moudon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130801
DTSTAMP:20261020T172925Z
CREATED:20261016T004804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172925Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Stansstad
DESCRIPTION:A National Day speech against withdrawal. In troubled times\, says Alain Berset\, societies turn towards the past. He cites youth unemployment at 60% in southern Europe\, the difficulties of the over-50s in finding work again in Switzerland\, “eine Zeit-Bombe”\, and a world that has become multipolar. \nHe addresses the relationship with the European Union and the financial centre in the face of new international standards. His conclusion: the Swiss tradition also includes the spirit of reform. “Sich selbst zum Museum zu machen ist aber das Gegenteil einer vitalen\, zukunftsfähigen Politik.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nIn unserer Vergangenheit steckt sehr viel Zukunft (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 31.07.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-stansstad/
LOCATION:Stansstad
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130702
DTSTAMP:20261020T172924Z
CREATED:20261016T004801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172924Z
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SUMMARY:French-speaking Swiss Trades and Crafts Days
DESCRIPTION:Before the Swiss Trade Association\, Alain Berset begins with the Paris metro station “Arts et Métiers”\, its portholes and copper plates: one could believe oneself in Captain Nemo’s Nautilus. SMEs\, he says\, are the heirs to this history\, the backbone of the economy and the guarantee of high-quality vocational training. \nHe defends Old-Age Provision 2020 there with a formula: “A pension is the wealth of the Swiss who have none.” And he recalls the half-century of struggle it took to create OASI in 1948\, with Alexandre Vinet: “The fools of the past are the wise men of the future”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournées romandes des arts et métiers : Prévoyance vieillesse 2020 (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/french-speaking-swiss-trades-and-crafts-days/
LOCATION:Champéry
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130629
DTSTAMP:20261020T172924Z
CREATED:20261016T004757Z
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SUMMARY:SODK assembly: Old-Age Provision 2020
DESCRIPTION:A week after the guidelines\, Alain Berset presents the reform to the cantonal directors of social affairs. He opens with Woody Allen\, who imagined living life backwards: starting out dead\, leaving the old people’s home too fit\, drawing a pension before working. \nThen the apprentice he met at Swissmem: “Du kannst auf deine Altersvorsorge zählen.” A promise fifty years ahead\, he admits\, but no majority will let this social achievement wither. He concludes: a Switzerland without responsible old-age provision would let its young people down. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des directrices et directeurs cantonaux des affaires sociales (CDAS) : Prévoyance vieillesse 2020 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/sodk-assembly-old-age-provision-2020/
LOCATION:Emmetten
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130628
DTSTAMP:20261020T172924Z
CREATED:20261016T004753Z
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SUMMARY:Forum Gesundheitswirtschaft Basel: for a policy of active ageing
DESCRIPTION:At the health economy forum of the tri-border region\, Alain Berset greets the German and French specialists in the “Champions-League-Stadt der Schweiz”. He is surprised that the most gratifying fact of all\, rising life expectancy\, is mainly discussed as a problem. \nHe therefore proposes a change of vocabulary: to speak of “longevity gains” rather than population ageing. His pronunciation is not yet optimal\, he admits\, but he has time to work on it\, thanks to the longevity gain. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum Gesundheitswirtschaft Basel : pour une politique du vieillissement actif (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/forum-gesundheitswirtschaft-basel-for-a-policy-of-active-ageing/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130622
DTSTAMP:20261020T172924Z
CREATED:20261016T004749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172924Z
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SUMMARY:Old-Age Provision 2020: the guidelines
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council adopts the main lines of the reform. The Federal Department of Home Affairs presents them to the press. The aim: to maintain the level of benefits and consolidate financing\, through a comprehensive approach to the first and second pillars\, in a single dispatch. \nThe measures: a reference age of 65 for women as for men\, flexible retirement\, easier terms for low and middle incomes\, adjustment of the second-pillar conversion rate with compensation. A draft is to be sent out for consultation before the end of the year. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.06.2013\nFDHA\, press kit of 21.06.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-2020-the-guidelines/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130621
DTSTAMP:20261020T172923Z
CREATED:20261016T004747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172923Z
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SUMMARY:Swissmem Industry Day
DESCRIPTION:The Dutch researcher Geert Hofstede compared Swiss corporate culture to a “well-oiled machine”. Before the machine industry\, Alain Berset links the image to social partnership: the industry’s social partners have just concluded a new collective labour agreement\, for the first time with a minimum wage. \nHe meets apprentices there; one asks him whether he will be able to count on his pension. He will tell the story a week later before the cantons. His message to the industrialists: collective agreements and social insurance are guarantees of confidence in times of uncertainty\, and the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform seeks a balance of interests. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSwissmem (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 20.06.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swissmem-industry-day/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130619
DTSTAMP:20261020T172923Z
CREATED:20261016T004743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172923Z
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SUMMARY:Pro Senectute Lucerne: quality of life in old age
DESCRIPTION:Before Pro Senectute Lucerne\, on the theme “Lebensqualität im Alter – was leistet die Medizin?”\, Alain Berset starts from a young woman undergoing one cosmetic operation after another: “Ich will nicht alt werden.” At 65\, life expectancy is now 17 years for men and 21 years for women: old age has become a phase of life full of options. \nIt remains essential that ageing well does not become a luxury for the well-off. Health2020\, he says\, cannot stop time\, but it must take away what is threatening about it. He quotes Mae West: “Alt werden ist nichts für Feiglinge.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPro Senectute Lucerne : « Lebensqualität im Alter – was leistet die Medizin » (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/pro-senectute-lucerne-quality-of-life-in-old-age/
LOCATION:Lucerne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130611
DTSTAMP:20261020T172923Z
CREATED:20261016T004740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172923Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Art Awards at Art Basel
DESCRIPTION:On the sidelines of Art Basel\, the Federal Office of Culture presents the Swiss Art Awards: 20 works honoured out of 568 entries\, and for the first time design included in the ceremony. Thomas Huber is among the winners of the Prix Meret Oppenheim. \nAlain Berset recalls that the Federal Art Commission counted Böcklin and Anker among its members in 1890\, and quotes Böcklin: “Nichts können ist noch lange keine neue Richtung!” He describes an art scene in which the divide between French and German speakers no longer means anything. Basel\, Zurich\, Geneva and Lausanne have become “hubs”. The Swiss artist no longer needs to flee the country: “Die „grosse weite Welt“ ist kein Ort. Sondern ein Zustand.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix fédéraux d’art 2013 : « Die Selbst-Entdeckung der Schweiz » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.06.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-art-awards-at-art-basel/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130609
DTSTAMP:20261020T172923Z
CREATED:20261016T004736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172923Z
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SUMMARY:General assembly of the Union of Vaud Municipalities
DESCRIPTION:In Montricher\, at the foot of the Vaud Jura\, Alain Berset evokes the neighbouring Cluniac villages\, Romainmôtier first among them\, and the monks who introduced notions of social justice. “Without Cluny\, no Lavaux: imagine the catastrophe!” Empires pass\, he says; towns and villages remain. \nHe ends on federalism: it is for the municipalities to recall the diversity of the issues\, for the government to recall the unity of the whole. And on Ramuz: “One must not want to be above things\, one must want to be inside them”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n104e assemblée générale de l’Union des communes vaudoises (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/general-assembly-of-the-union-of-vaud-municipalities/
LOCATION:Montricher
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130607
DTSTAMP:20261020T172922Z
CREATED:20261016T004732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172922Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Economic Forum
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset starts from a silence: last year\, at this same podium\, no one had been able to say where Europe was heading. Never since 1914 has the situation there been so open. But politics and the economy\, he says\, are no longer adversaries: they pursue the same goals. \nHe argues for a comprehensive reform of old-age provision\, first and second pillars together: a package is not a high-risk strategy\, because it integrates particular interests into the general interest. And he quotes Mencken: for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear\, simple and wrong. “Die Schweiz ist das Land\, das auf komplexe Fragen komplexe Antworten gibt.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSwiss Economic Forum (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 06.06.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-economic-forum-2/
LOCATION:Interlaken
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130606
DTSTAMP:20261020T172922Z
CREATED:20261016T004729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172922Z
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SUMMARY:Bicentenary of the Swiss Veterinary Society
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Veterinary Society is 200 years old. Alain Berset recalls the reaction of the wife of the Bishop of Worcester to Darwin’s theory: let us hope it is not true\, and if it is true\, that it does not become widely known. It did become known. \nHe mentions the bovine tuberculosis that reappeared in Switzerland this spring\, animal welfare and the partnership between vets and livestock farmers. Food safety\, he concludes\, “already begins in the cowshed”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n200 ans de la Société des Vétérinaires Suisses (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 05.06.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/bicentenary-of-the-swiss-veterinary-society/
LOCATION:Berne
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