The transfer of trades has been banned. Craftsmen and professionals have been isolated
People talk about performance, adaptation and modernity. Yet, on the ground, something has gone deeply wrong at work. This malaise is not individual. It's structural. And it deserves to be addressed. We talk a lot about performance, growth and adaptation. And yet, on the ground, one observation is repeated everywhere - among craftsmen, [...]
When Switzerland starts copying those in decline
Switzerland has never been rich by chance. It became rich because it was able to preserve a rare balance between openness and control, flexibility and security. Today, under the guise of «wage protection», it is this very foundation that is being undermined. Behind a technical measure on redundancies lies a much more profound transformation [...].
The real Swiss luxury is not GDP: it's confidence
There are rich countries. And there are strong countries. Switzerland is one of those rare nations that have understood that true power is not measured in billions, but in the confidence it inspires - in its citizens, its businesses and its partners. This confidence, built on stability [...]
Microsoft in Switzerland: when abuse of position becomes a business model
When a private giant imposes its rules on the Swiss economy, it's no longer a simple technological debate - it's a problem of sovereignty. By driving up the price of its licences without any tangible improvement in services, while locking businesses and public authorities into a model of perpetual dependence, Microsoft is revealing a drift that has become impossible to [...].
Bilaterals III: when the Fribourg employers fabricate fear to gag the people
When a chamber of employers publicly calls for a political party to be «fought», when a subsidised media relays a carefully calibrated alarmist discourse without distance, and when any dissenting voice is disqualified even before the debate, this is no longer an economic discussion - it's a political conditioning operation. Under the guise of defending prosperity, [...]
Healthcare costs: the solutions the system fears
Healthcare costs are soaring, premiums are strangling households and yet the public debate is going round in circles. Fees are adjusted, marginal savings are promised, and new «reforms» are brandished - without ever getting to the heart of the problem. This is neither an accident nor a demographic inevitability: it's a [...]
IKEA in Switzerland: disposable furniture as a weapon of economic and cultural destruction
We no longer colonise with tanks, but with flat-pack furniture. Behind the reassuring blue and yellow, IKEA has methodically transformed Switzerland into a captive market: interiors standardised, local brands sacrificed, quality sacrificed for volume, and profits exported out of the country. What presents itself as “democratic design” is in fact a [...]
Martin Pfister: Swiss defence left to budgetary tinkering and political denial
There are decisions that commit a country for a generation - and others that silently betray it. In the space of just a few weeks, a Federal Councillor who was previously unknown to the general public has achieved the feat of combining a massive tax increase, a deliberate circumvention of the debt brake and a strategic alignment without democratic debate, all without [...].
Harmonising to integrate: how Swiss federalism is being nibbled away, standard by standard
You don't kill Swiss federalism with words - you smother it with standards. Harmonisation“ here, ”bringing into line“ there, ”technical alignment“ elsewhere... and, without a clear vote, without a clear break, the cantons slip from sovereign to mere executors. The most worrying aspect is not centralisation per se: [...]
Asylum: the migration pump we refuse to close
We still hear talk of ’urgency«, »solidarity« and »temporary solutions«. But behind these words lies a brutal reality: asylum in Switzerland has become an uncontrolled, costly and politically cowardly tool of mass immigration. When a canton ends up paying a high price for accommodation, sometimes [...]