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Tribune: «How about finally tackling illiteracy in Switzerland?»

written by Marco Polli

Le Regard Libre No. 80 | In this op-ed, actor and director Marco Polli puts the recent controversies over spelling and inclusive writing into perspective over the past fifty years. The former president of the Geneva Secondary School Teachers’ Union and the Modern Languages Commission condemns what he sees as the various steps that have led to the current state of schools in Switzerland. Namely, a situation where one in five students is illiterate by the age of 15. The former teacher then proposes a way forward.

World

Metin Arditi: «The two-state solution is a figment of the imagination».»

By Jonas Follonier · December 16, 2021

According to writer and patron Metin Arditi, who has published the essay «The Eleventh Commandment», the rhetoric of Jerusalem as the «capital of Israel and of all Jews» is contrary to Jewish tradition. Worse, it creates anti-Semitism. Interview in Geneva.

World

| The need for Europe's strategic autonomy

By Clément Guntern · 03 December 2021

ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Clément Guntern | Contrary to all expectations, the European Union has not emerged from the health crisis particularly weakened. On the contrary, it has been able to take important initiatives for its future. But is it prepared for the new world of rivalry and competition between powers? The question of strategic autonomy, currently under debate, will be crucial.

France

Zemmour as a candidate: good news for everyone

By Jonas Follonier · December 1, 2021

Essayist Eric Zemmour is officially a candidate for the presidency of the French Republic. He chose the form of a personal video posted on social networks this Tuesday November 30 at 12:00 to officially announce this, before answering a few questions from Gilles Bouleau on TF1's 20 heures. While the transformation of the editorialist and writer into a politician is rather worrying news, whatever our position on his analyses, it is also very positive. And for everyone, too.

Switzerland

Covid management in Switzerland: too much federalism... or not enough?

By Jonas Follonier · 20 November 2021

It seems to be a foregone conclusion: if Switzerland’s political system did not include the tool of federalism, the management of the COVID-19 pandemic...

World

Pascal Couchepin: «Threats of an imminent apocalypse are false».»

By Pascal Couchepin · November 11, 2021

Each month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who give us the pleasure of alternating between the two. Current affairs, history, politics and philosophy: former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin's readings.

World

Ethiopia: from promises of prosperity to civil war

By Clément Guntern · 06 November 2021

Considered by some as the «China of Africa» in the 2000s and 2010s, Ethiopia looked set to enjoy a new prosperity as it opened up to the world, a far cry from the famines and wars of the past century. How could such promises have been lost, and Ethiopia plunged into civil war?