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Deiss says consensus government still working

This content was published on Dec 17, 2004 Deiss held the largely ceremonial post during a year in which the controversial rightwing politician Christoph Blocher joined the cabinet and Switzerland signed new bilateral agreements with the European Union. The year was marked by much debate about whether Switzerland’s power-sharing government could be effective with a figure like Blocher in the cabinet. Blocher has…