{"id":714,"date":"2026-02-09T09:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/souverainete-suisse.ch\/?p=714"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:51:26","slug":"bilaterales-3-when-the-fribourg-employers-fabricate-fear-to-muzzle-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.souverainete-suisse.ch\/en\/2026\/02\/bilaterales-3-when-the-fribourg-employers-fabricate-fear-to-muzzle-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilaterals III: when the Fribourg employers fabricate fear to gag the people"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a chamber of employers publicly calls on a political party to \u00abfight\u00bb, 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, a well-honed mechanism is activated: fear, amalgams, figures brandished like weapons, and absolute silence on the essentials. What is at stake here goes far beyond Bilateral III. It is a life-size test of the Swiss people's ability to remain sovereign in the face of a coordinated offensive by the economic, political and media elites.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The scene is revealing. At Bluefactory, the Fribourg Chamber of Commerce and Industry is orchestrating a unanimous panel - business leaders, elected representatives, rector, scientists - all carefully aligned for a single mission: designate an internal enemy and explicitly call for it to be \u00abfought\u00bb<\/strong>. The enemy? THE SVP. The message? The Bilaterals III are vital, indisputable, and any opposition is ignorance, lies or ideology.<\/p>\n

The staging is deliberate. 30th January 2026, La Libert\u00e9<\/em> uncritically relays this employers' call for political mobilisation against a Swiss party - a rare and deeply worrying event<\/strong> in a militia democracy.<\/p>\n

1) An organised false debate: sacrificing pluralism<\/h3>\n

It was not a debate. The deputy director of the CCIF admits: \u00abWe had to react\u00bb. Translation: neutralising speech deemed dangerous<\/strong> even before the people had access to the final text of Bilaterals III. There were no opponents, no independent lawyers, no representatives of critical SMEs, no specialists in legal sovereignty. A high-flying stage... in the art of socialising.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) Amalgamation as a method: prosperity = submission<\/h3>\n

The hammered argument: \u00ab52 % of Fribourg's exports go to the EU\u00bb. The figure is correct. The conclusion is misleading.<\/p>\n

Exporting to the EU does not involve the dynamic adoption of the law, foreign jurisdictional supervision or automatic sanction mechanisms<\/strong>. Switzerland exports because it is competitive, innovative and reliable. not because it aligns itself politically<\/strong>. The proof: our trade surpluses exist without membership, and bilateral agreements I & II never involved abandoning democratic primacy<\/strong> now required.<\/p>\n

3) Blackmailing innovation: Horizon Europe as an alibi<\/h3>\n

Horizon Europe, the \u00abChampions League\u00bb and threatened research are cited. The facts: Switzerland has already been excluded. for political reasons<\/strong>, not economic. Giving up today means institutionalising blackmail<\/strong> In the future, any democratic dissent could be punished. Free science does not thrive on obedience.<\/p>\n

4) The instrumentalized entrepreneurial narrative<\/h3>\n

One entrepreneur cites a loss of 15 million euros due to third-country status. Respect for experience. But an individual trajectory is no basis for a constitutional overhaul<\/strong>. Economic policy is not decided on the basis of a single case, however high-profile it may be. Otherwise, we govern by emotion - exactly what these same circles criticise their opponents for.<\/p>\n

5) The heart of the matter carefully avoided: sovereignty<\/h3>\n

That evening, no one mentioned the hard core of Bilaterals III<\/strong> :<\/p>\n