The new taxation of married couples could damage the family unit. That's the view put forward in this column. But to reach this conclusion, a detour to Arctic Siberia is in order.
Placed at the heart of a heated national debate on the licence fee, accused of ideological bias and condemned to make savings, Switzerland's public broadcasting system is going through a turbulent period. Pascal Crittin, head of the French-speaking part of the company, responds to the critics.
Although the Swiss e-ID solution approved by the electorate on Sunday is not very centralized and guarantees privacy, it does entail a risk that should be prevented, for example by means of another vote.
The debate is both legal and political: does approval of the new Swiss-EU agreement package require a simple popular majority, or a double majority of the people and the cantons? Two legal experts compare their arguments.
The debate over the number of signatures required to put a popular initiative to the Swiss vote raises an essential question: should the number be revised... or should signatories be asked to make more of an effort?
The popular initiative enables Swiss citizens to propose constitutional amendments. However, despite the frequency with which they are launched, these texts rarely come to fruition. Should the number of signatures required be increased?
Paid signature-gathering has the disadvantage of favoring those with the most resources. However, banning this practice would have even worse consequences, further distancing Swiss-style direct democracy from its original spirit.
AVS 21, a fair and necessary reform or a junk measure? Our editor-in-chief Jonas Follonier and deputy editor-in-chief Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard give their differing opinions on the pension reform to be put to the vote on September 25.
Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard et Jonas Follonier La règle de la double majorité du peuple et des cantons s'est fait snober de...
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