Politically correct means claiming to be right, but without opening up to debate, while politically incorrect means opening up to debate, but without taking reason into account. Two options to be rejected, because debate and reason go hand in hand.
During her term of office, centrist Federal Councillor Viola Amherd advocated closer ties with NATO, provoking discontent on both left and right. Her surprise departure from the executive reshuffles the deck and leaves the country's strategic direction in an unstable global context in doubt. Debate between two federal representatives.
With its hostile territory, Switzerland had to find another recipe for success. So it developed a counter-model. In his essay L'identité suisse au défi, former diplomat Paul Widmer looks at the ingredients of Swiss success, the better to perpetuate it.
At a time of geopolitical turbulence, interventionism may be desirable, provided that political power is capable of reversing course afterwards. However, nothing is less certain for a country like France, which is already over-indebted.
In this brand-new column, journalist Marianne Grosjean sends a monthly message to our readers.
Born in Turkey, this expression spread to the United States and the rest of the world in just a few years. Frequently used by conspiracy theorists, it has now spread beyond these circles to other uses. How can we explain such an echo?
At a time when the European Union is going through a period of doubt, its long-stalled relations with Switzerland are the subject of debate, with the announcement in December of the conclusion of negotiations. Interview with René Schwok, an expert on European issues.
Drawing on Vaclav Smil, Pascal Couchepin advocates an approach to ecological challenges based on facts rather than rhetoric. Every month, the former Federal Councillor shares a piece of reading that has caught his attention.
The European Union is the scene of a major political confrontation between sovereigntists and advocates of a form of international governance. A situation which raises the central and delicate question of sovereignty in the age of globalization.
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