ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Clément Guntern | When Switzerland embarked on the bilateral path in the early 2000s, it thought it had found a form of cohabitation with its European neighbor that would be profitable and adapted to Swiss particularities. From the outset, however, this path was in reality a political dead-end. It remains so today, and can be explained by a series of deep-rooted Swiss myths. To get out of this cul-de-sac, it is up to the Swiss people to finally have a European project. An act requiring courage and modesty, and one that would strengthen our national identity.
The year 2020, in addition to having seen a pandemic of immeasurable impact, has marked the return, or rather the rebirth, of a notion that was once thought to be obsolete, unsuitable and even dangerous: that of sovereignty. In the space of a few months, the issue has once again become central. But an anachronistic vocabulary tends to overshadow what is really at stake: not the withdrawal of nations into themselves, but the pursuit of balanced regulation of globalization.
The country that has been called the first of democracies, the one whose merits and vigor have been praised for so long, now seems to be out of breath. The chaotic «debate» between Joe Biden and Donald Trump bears witness to this. The roots of the problem run so deep that it would be unfair to attribute the current situation to any particular president. It is up to American society as a whole to deal with the evil that is eating away at it: rampant polarization.
«The Shoah inscribed a decisive crisis at the heart of the 20th century, marking it irrevocably. Cinema was the art of the 20th century», writes Jean-Michel Frodon. So it's easy to see why the seventh art form is an essential part of today's reflection on the Holocaust. Each film on the subject brings with it controversy and debate, but it also casts a new light on the unfathomable mystery of the Shoah, the annihilation of man by man. So what is the strong link between cinema and the Shoah? And how do films illustrate or condition a singular relationship to the event in question?
At a time when Africa is still experiencing record levels of poverty, a different future could be emerging. Often torn between confidence and pessimism, the international community must realize the limits of its action and redirect it towards other priorities.
Puritanism continues to spread.
A continent that cannot be summed up
Is the polemicist convicted of anti-Semitism, and now on trial for racism, really your typical ultra-right thinker? Doesn't he also have a bit of the left in his mix? These are the issues at stake in defining extremes, at a time when progressivism sometimes has totalitarian overtones.
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