Apprenticeship sacrificed: how Switzerland is sabotaging its own model

It's no coincidence that the opinion piece on apprenticeships, published in response to National Councillor Nicolas Kolly's question, broke audience records. When a subject strikes a deep, lasting chord, public opinion responds. Because apprenticeship is not a secondary issue. It is at the very heart of the Swiss model. And that core is now under attack - slowly, but surely.

Freedom subsidised, truth under guardianship

When a newspaper can no longer sell its articles, it is left with two options: to question itself... or to live on subsidies and propaganda. La Liberté has chosen. Under the guise of ’opinion«, its editor-in-chief is turning a publicly-funded medium into a pro-European tract, scorning all voices [...].

Alain Berset: from Swiss neutrality to European moral bureaucracy

There are careers that shine a light on a country. And others that reveal a drift. Alain Berset did not leave the Swiss political scene by chance: he was recycled. Recycled into a supranational institution that claims to defend democracy while neutralising the people, freedoms while monitoring opinions, the law [...].

RTS-SRF: when the Swiss public service becomes a relay for foreign propaganda

There are silences that betray. And there are editorial choices that are democratically accountable. RTS (SRF), financed by billions of francs taken from Swiss citizens every year, has long ceased to fulfil its mission of providing pluralist information on the war in Ukraine. Instead, it is lining up its stories [...]

Martin Pfister or the art of dissolving Swiss neutrality

You don't destroy Swiss neutrality with a vote. You empty it from within. In the space of a few weeks, under the guise of a “growing threat”, Martin Pfister - a complete stranger to the general public before his appointment - is in the process of making a historic shift: sliding the Swiss army into the orbit of the EU and NATO, without [...].

Apprenticeships sabotaged: is Switzerland importing the French failure?

It takes political courage to say things as they are. This week, National Councillor Nicolas Kolly did just that when he questioned the Federal Council head-on about the systematic devaluation of apprenticeships from compulsory school age. He deserves to be supported - because what is at stake goes far beyond a pedagogical quarrel. For years, [...]

Slaughter to obey: when Europe organises the liquidation of agriculture

208 cows to be slaughtered for a single case of disease. Farmers surrounded by police. European regulations applied without nuance, without debate, without common sense. What is happening today in the French countryside is not just a simple agricultural episode: it is a methodical offensive against the farming community, carried out in the name [...].