How to vote the Swiss way
November 25, 2020, 1 Comment
The Swiss vote. A lot. But most of those votes are in referendums every few months, whereas elections are every four years....
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The Swiss vote. A lot. But most of those votes are in referendums every few months, whereas elections are every four years....
LEARN MORE ›September 23, 2020, 1 Comment
I’ve just voted for the first time as a Swiss citizen. Actually it was for the first five times as there were...
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I’m often asked what’s it’s like to be a gay man living in Switzerland. My usual answer is it’s not Holland but...
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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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