Rising rents: Carlo Sommaruga's denial of reality
When the housing debate descends into denial, it becomes urgent to re-establish the facts. Behind reassuring rhetoric and easy scapegoats, one reality stands out: demographic pressure, a scarcity of supply, and structural blockages shape the market far more than slogans. To refuse to see this is to perpetuate the [...]
A single object, a single decision: when Bern tramples on the uniqueness of the matter
This is not a legal detail. It is a democratic fault line. When one attempts to impose indivisible packages on the people, mixing unrelated subjects, one is not simplifying – one is coercing. Behind the technical veneer, a fundamental principle is faltering: the one that guarantees that each citizen votes freely, with a clear conscience, on […]
Immigration and saturation: the facts Philippe Miauton refuses to see
Beneath the guise of an irrefutable demonstration, some lines of reasoning are more akin to a conjuring trick than serious analysis. When words serve to obscure causes rather than illuminate them, it becomes necessary to put facts back at the centre of the debate. Because behind the rather hasty «QEDs», a simple question remains: [...]
Demographic pressures: refusing a hasty retreat and regaining control of our future
Raymond Loretan is deliberately confusing two things: the reality of a demographic challenge... and the manipulation of this challenge to justify any policy. A country that is ageing does not need a permanent demographic leap forward. It needs clarity, responsibility and consistency. Because replacing ageing with artificial demographic growth and [...]
Sloterdijk: Switzerland, living proof that a sovereign democracy works against the illusions of the EU
When a leading German philosopher dismantles, with cold lucidity, the democratic illusions of the European Union to better celebrate Swiss vitality, the observation becomes impossible to ignore. Against the grain of official discourse, Peter Sloterdijk recalls a disturbing truth: Switzerland is not a case to be corrected, but living proof that another way [...]
Switzerland – EU: chaining itself to a declining market or embracing the world?
Switzerland's biggest strategic mistake is to focus more on the European Union at precisely the moment its economic weight is declining. Behind the alarmist rhetoric, the figures tell a different story: that of a country already globally oriented, agile, and ahead of the curve on global shifts. To ignore this dynamic is to risk […]