Switzerland

Seven underestimated facts about old age

By Max Frei · 05 January 2025

Seniors are a diverse group whose average characteristics are often misunderstood. Describing this category of the population more accurately is all the more urgent given that it now spans almost four decades.

Switzerland

2024, a mess for Swiss health and pension policy

By Darius Farman · December 23, 2024

Demographic realities have been largely absent from the political debates on pensions and healthcare costs over the past year. It's time to renew our welfare state on the basis of a coherent, long-term vision.

Economy

Leveraging the labor market to finance the AHV scheme

By Le Regard Libre · 20 March 2024

The Swiss three-pillar principle has been a model of success for fifty years. In order to meet the challenges of the future, the symbiosis between the labor market and retirement provision needs to be strengthened.

Switzerland

Pierre-Yves Maillard: «There is a strong social demand in Switzerland».»

By Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard · October 14, 2023

The Socialist National Councillor and President of the Swiss Union of Trade Unions (USS) paints an uncompromising portrait of the country's current situation and its recent past: institutions, the social question, the state of the left... everything is covered.

Uncategorized

OASI vote: the editorial debate

By Le Regard Libre · September 18, 2022

AVS 21, une réforme juste et nécessaire ou une mesure de pacotille? Notre rédacteur en chef Jonas Follonier et notre rédacteur en chef adjoint Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard livrent leurs avis différents sur la réforme des retraites en votation ce 25 septembre.

Literature

«Suzanne», or never stop «smiling all the same».»

By Le Regard Libre · November 13, 2018

Les bouquins du mardi - Amélie Wauthier Suzanne a nonante-cinq ans et de nombreuses chutes à son actif, c’est pourquoi...