Section: Switzerland
Switzerland: Immigration by the Numbers, 1850–2050

Switzerland: Immigration by the Numbers, 1850–2050

«Immigration» Report, Clément Guntern | Trends in the number of permanent residents, the proportion of people of foreign origin among them, the countries most represented by migrants, the success rate of naturalization processes, integration indices... Here is an overview of immigration in Switzerland and its distinctive features in an international comparison.
Tribune: «How about finally tackling illiteracy in Switzerland?»

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

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.
Covid certificate: the underside of health authoritarianism

Covid certificate: the underside of health authoritarianism

Like Pandora's box, the question of the Covid certificate, once opened, unleashes a multitude of complex themes that question our relationship to authority. It also reveals that modern thinking has yet to mature with regard to the difficult question of the dividing line between the public and private spheres, which 19th-century liberals had highlighted in their writings. By way of example, the media and the general public talk about the majority and the minority, without realizing that the latter is actually threatened in this new episode of the Covid certificate in the pandemic soap opera. Indeed, non-vaccinators will soon be considered persona non grata in the public arena, which is reminiscent of the mechanisms of social stigmatization, particularly tragic in the case of the Covid certificate.
Foreigners' right to vote: the PS's endless logic

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.