20 minutes reports on one of my lectures on Swiss politics, 9.6.2009

Swiss politics a hit with foreigners

20 Minutes, 9.6.2009

By Sarah Pernet

Four hundred people attended a conference on the subtleties of the system

Geneva. In the audience, you could have heard a fly flying! Concentrated, 400 international workers attended last week’s “Swiss Politics for Dummies” conference organised by Glocals, the community that brings together the largest number of “exparts” in Switzerland.

Those present listened intently as journalist Pierre Cormon explained the subtleties of concordance and semi-direct democracy. After an hour’s talk, the questions came thick and fast: (…)

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La politique suisse fait un carton auprès des étrangers, 20 Minutes, 9.6.2009