My reaction after the vote of February 9 on immigration in Switzerland. In French only Read more

Il y a différentes catégories de partisans et d'opposants à cette initiative. Certains sont des irréductibles, d'autres sont plus nuancés. Ce billet discute ces catégories. Read more

Our European civilisation is worth cherishing. It's well alive and in no way in decadence. We must remember its foundations and overcome all barbarian or relativist attacks, from within or from outside, under which it is exposed, The end of History is not in sight. Read more

Switzerland's global competitiveness is the highest in the World according to WEF. It can be seen as a paradoxon that this position could be achieved thank to its innate deficiencies: - Absence of natural resources, - Small size and weak strategic position of the country, - Lack of a clear national identity Read more

This initiative must be repelled because it does not solve anything, it supposes that everything continues to work as well as before when something is cut from a functional organism, and it supposes that treaties can be renegotiated according to the unilateral terms of the party asking for it. Read more

L'immigration est un de ces sujets qu'il est difficile de traiter avec un peu d'ordre car chacun a ses idées préconçues et ses priorités. Il faut rester différencié et analyser les aspects démographiques, économiques, sociaux et civilisationnels de la question. C'est pour me forger une opinion que j'ai écrit ce billet. Read more

While liberalism barely exists in France it is slowly eroding in Switzerland, although it has been and still is a formula of great succes when coupled with a strong social cohesion and the opening to the World. Read more

A modern constraint, especially in the media and political propaganda, is to align people's opinions and political parties in a linear and simplistic scale from right to left. It is too simple and it leads to confusion In a space of freedom and individual responsibility we must distinguish between Liberal and Collectivist, Global and Local, Central and Regional. Read more