Switzerland

Who really understands neutrality?

By Clément Guntern · 06 August 2018

Mondays in the news - Clément Guntern In 2006, when she was Federal Councillor in charge of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Micheline...

World

When will we see real disarmament?

By Alexandre Wälti · 04 June 2018

Les lundis de l'actualité - Alexandre Wälti A press review, why not. A column, better. Perhaps both or...

Policy

Is neutrality still useful?

By Clément Guntern · 04 November 2017

Neutrality is a concept essential to Switzerland's very existence. Yet we may well question its usefulness today, in a situation totally different from when it was first established. Are there relevant reasons for maintaining it?

Switzerland

Switzerland and the European Union, a long history

By Clément Guntern · 03 June 2017

As the question of the future of Switzerland's relationship with the European Union (EU) is central to the future of our country in general, and as we will shortly be called upon to vote on this issue several times, it seems appropriate to retrace the history of this relationship and to refocus a debate which too often focuses on the emotional rather than the rational.