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It has become fashionable to complain about the European Union. Nevertheless it exists and can evolve into three directions: obstinacy with the current unsatisfactory situation, partial or total dismanteling, or sublimation toward a federation. Goals and ways which Switzerland will follow to negociate with the 28 Member States and with the EU need to be clear, communicated, and widely supported. Read more

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