Harmonising to integrate: how Swiss federalism is being nibbled away, standard by standard
You don't kill Swiss federalism with words - you smother it with standards. Harmonisation“ here, ”bringing into line“ there, ”technical alignment“ elsewhere... and, without a clear vote, without a clear break, the cantons slip from sovereign to mere executors. The most worrying aspect is not centralisation per se: [...]
Asylum: the migration pump we refuse to close
We still hear talk of ’urgency«, »solidarity« and »temporary solutions«. But behind these words lies a brutal reality: asylum in Switzerland has become an uncontrolled, costly and politically cowardly tool of mass immigration. When a canton ends up paying a high price for accommodation, sometimes [...]