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Making sense of the post-Brexit debate on democracy

This content was published on Jun 27, 2016 When a majority in the plebiscite-referendum voted to leave the EU, it created gigantic political and economic waves across the globe. With presidential offices in China and the United States commenting on the result, Brexit may have won the most attention of any referendum in history. In the slipstream of post-Brexit-eruptions, another kind of debate…

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The round table – furniture that opens the doors of democracy

This content was published on Jun 25, 2016 They might be kindergarten children, revellers at a cocktail party, or perhaps ministers and presidents at an international summit. For all of them, gathering in a circle is the most suitable way of enabling communication between people. A round table has the advantage of levelling the playing field for all participants. Differences in power, influence,…

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Swiss weigh up consequences of Brexit vote

This content was published on Jun 24, 2016 In a final result on Friday morning, the “leave” side won 51.89% of the vote and the “remain” side 48.11%. The Swiss foreign ministry immediately announced a helpline had been set up for Swiss citizens and businesses wanting to know what Brexit could mean for them: 0800 247 365 in Switzerland (free) and 0041 800…

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Analysis: Understanding the Brexit outcome

This content was published on Jun 24, 2016 However, he argues that the form of a top-down plebiscite Brexit-style referendum, chosen by British government, is not the right way to go about it. Kaufmann says Britain’s parliamentary democracy and its “winner takes it all” system has been struggling for decades to represent the interests of the nearly 65 million residents in the UK.…

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How Switzerland reacted to Brexit on social media

This content was published on Jun 24, 2016 Switzerland's seen as a model by the UK, but what has the response to Brexit been on social media in Switzerland?

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Brexit, or the explosive force of separation

This content was published on Jun 23, 2016 The Brits would not, however, be the first people to turn their back on Brussels. On February 23, 1982, 53% of voters from Greenland decided to withdraw from the European Community. The former Danish colony with just 50,000 inhabitants took the decision while weighing up new autonomous rights it had obtained a few years earlier.…

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Initiative aims to shake up the language debate

This content was published on Jun 16, 2016 “We realised that for most primary school pupils learning two foreign languages does very little good. You just have two lessons a week for each language, English and French, and that isn’t intense enough to learn a language,” former Zurich cantonal politician Hanspeter Amstutz told swissinfo.ch. Amstutz is helping to spearhead a local people’s initiative…

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Saudi Arabia asks citizens to respect Ticino burka ban

This content was published on Jun 13, 2016 The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Bern has reminded its citizens that wearing a burka or niqab will soon be illegal in canton Ticino.

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German democracy activist lauds Swiss basic income vote

This content was published on Jun 11, 2016 Michael von der Lohe, director of the non-governmental Omnibus for direct Democracy group, says the Swiss ballot introduced a “new dimension” to the discussions about an unconditional basic income for all. “I’m very grateful to the Swiss because this vote confirmed my personal conviction to really have arrived in this world. The discussion has reached…

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Voting day: Roland Inauen, cantonal leader

This content was published on Jun 10, 2016

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