Policy
Beyond the left-right divide, the universal quarrel
Editorial by Jonas Follonier
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Towards a Chinese century
In an unprecedented upheaval in human history, entire regions that had been synonymous with poverty and political chaos have emerged on the world stage. However, the West, which is largely responsible for this recent success, does not yet seem to have integrated the new global order: in the near future, it will no longer be the center of the world.
Foreigners' right to vote: the PS's endless logic
ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Antoine Bernhard | Cinquante ans après l’arrivée du suffrage féminin en Suisse, les socialistes veulent l’élargir de façon généralisée aux étrangers résidant en Suisse. En janvier, le parti a déposé une intervention parlementaire et lancé une pétition en ligne pour promouvoir le «droit de vote pour toutes et tous». Par cette opération démagogique, le PS dévoile au grand jour sa nature révolutionnaire et démontre qu’il est bien souvent l’ennemi du peuple. Analyse.
Pascal Couchepin's reading: «Les Vertus du Nationalisme» (The Virtues of Nationalism)»
CHRONIQUE LONG FORMAT Pascal Couchepin | Israël a été plusieurs fois ces derniers mois au centre de l’attention publique, pour sa réponse aux défis de la pandémie, ou ses difficultés politiques – la dernière actualité en date, funeste, est aussi la plus marquante. Le système électoral israélien ne permet pas de dégager des majorités claires.
Has Germany completed its revolution?
LONG FORMAT ARTICLE, Clément Guntern | As September's general elections for the Bundestag draw nearer, there's an unexpected topic on which Germany's environmentalists could make the most profound changes since the end of the war. And it's not just the fight against climate change.
Biofuels and the essential role of governments for the future of the planet
The desire of various countries to increase the proportion of biofuels in petrol highlights some important issues: the difficulty of a truly beneficial ecology, but also the essential role of governments in promoting value-based policies in the face of a globalized economy that seems to know only profitability as a criterion.
Arguing over rights: man is not an abstraction
Communitarian discourse, currently in vogue and carried by minorities in need of an existence rather than victims of real repression, is torpedoing the fine 19th-century idea that the freedom of minorities should be preserved and defended, by transforming it into a weapon against freedom of expression, which includes, among other things, the right to humor. It is to be feared that the controversy provoked by French-speaking comedienne Claude Inga-Barbey's sketch dramatizing the difficulties of naming gender transformations illustrates an era marked by the thought police. From a philosophical point of view, this situation conceals an opposition between two types of universalism, that of proclaiming the rights of Man versus the rights of men.
Burma: the fear of a failed state
ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Clément Guntern | Alors que des élections législatives venaient de se tenir, l’armée birmane a surpris le monde entier en reprenant le pouvoir par la force. Après seulement deux mois de protestation, l’Etat birman risque de devenir un Etat failli de plus; avec son lot de conséquences dans une région qui gagne en centralité.
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