The Confederates may have some problems, but they are approaching many things more deliberately than other European countries. The most recent example: the storage sites for nuclear waste. What you can learn from the Swiss.
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Isabel Pfaff
Of course one can also despair of Switzerland and its political system. This makes it possible, for example, for the population to enforce a ban on building new minarets – although there are considerable human rights concerns about this. Or take the ballet about Switzerland’s relationship with Europe: The actually close relationship has been in ruins since Switzerland broke off negotiations on a fundamental framework agreement with Brussels – without having a plan B, mind you.