Martin Pfister: Swiss defence left to budgetary tinkering and political denial
There are decisions that commit a country for a generation - and others that silently betray it. In the space of just a few weeks, a Federal Councillor who was previously unknown to the general public has achieved the feat of combining a massive tax increase, a deliberate circumvention of the debt brake and a strategic alignment without democratic debate, all without [...].
The CJEU no longer judges the law: it imposes it
When an unelected court imposes on a state what its constitution explicitly prohibits, it is no longer an interpretation of the law but a confiscation of political power. The CJEU's latest decision crosses a red line: under the guise of freedom of movement, it transforms European judges into ideological legislators, relegating the [...]