Understanding Switzerland: a course in Basel
November 20, 2019, No comments
In January I am back in Basel, giving a short series of talks about Swiss history and politics – in English. This...
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In January I am back in Basel, giving a short series of talks about Swiss history and politics – in English. This...
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It isn’t easy to explain Brexit to the Swiss. For people in a country that has a referendum every three months, it’s...
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The Swiss understand referendums. They have to because they have one every few months not every few years. And they can be...
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Another day, another vote: that is nothing unusual in Switzerland.
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Switzerland has voted and moved decisively to the right. So far right, in fact, that it could now actually be in Austria.
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My nuclear pills arrived in the post today, courtesy of the government.
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