A convergence of violent mobilizations?
Let's try a little imagination. It's Sunday, October 20, 2019. Since midday, the results for the first cantons have been trickling in, with some regions clearly going faster than others. Suddenly, to everyone's surprise and contrary to what the media and experts had been claiming for several months, it's not the ecologist parties that are posting surprising scores; it's the Union démocratique du center! As the day progresses, the map of Switzerland changes to an almost uniform green, but not a light green. This one is much darker. At around 7.30pm, when Swiss Radio's star presenter takes to the airwaves, the news is crystal clear: for the first time since 1919 and the end of radical rule in Switzerland, one party has won an absolute majority in both the National Council and the Council of States, and that party is the SVP.
At the end of May, the European elections brought together citizens from all the countries of the European Union. Their task was to re-elect the European Parliament for a five-year term. What is it that binds these nations together? Here's a look at the European spirit.
Islamologist Gilles Kepel has been sentenced to death by the Islamic State, but this does not prevent him from living in total freedom of thought. Here we meet a man who passes on his knowledge, and whose views on his subject are as courageous as they are rigorous.
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Salvini is in a tough spot, and he knows it. He has to enforce his country's laws, even if he comes across as obnoxious and vulgar at times.
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We need to grow things where they grow best, especially if we want to feed the world's growing population.