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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 | Fifty years after the arrival of women's suffrage in Switzerland, the Socialists want to extend it across the board to foreigners living in the country. In January, the party tabled a parliamentary intervention and launched an online petition to promote the «right to vote for all». With this demagogic operation, the SP is revealing its revolutionary nature and demonstrating that it is often the enemy of the people. Analysis.
Pascal Couchepin's reading: «Les Vertus du Nationalisme» (The Virtues of Nationalism)»
LONG-FORM COLUMN by Pascal Couchepin | Israel has been the focus of public attention several times in recent months, whether for its response to the challenges of the pandemic or its political difficulties—the latest, tragic development is also the most striking. The Israeli electoral system does not allow for clear majorities to emerge.
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
LONG FORMAT ARTICLE, Clément Guntern | Just as parliamentary elections were taking place, the Burmese army stunned the world by taking back power by force. After just two months of protests, the Burmese state is in danger of becoming yet another failed state, with all its consequences in a region that is becoming increasingly central.
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