SWISS REVIEW the Magazine for the Swiss Abroad August 2016
SWISS REVIEW The magazine for the Swiss Abroad August 2016 History at the Gotthard – the opening of the base tunnel A cotton and plastic sandwich – the new CHF 50 banknote Keeping an eye on the surveillance – the Davos-born photographer Jules Spinatsch Switzerland is mobile and Swiss Abroad may be found everywhere on Earth. And you, where are you situated around the globe? And since when? Share your experience and get to know Swiss citizens living nearby… and everywhere else! connects Swiss people across the world > You can also take part in the discussions at SwissCommunity.org > Register now for free and connect with the world SwissCommunity.org is a network set up by the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) SwissCommunity-Partner: Contents Editorial 3 Casting your vote – even if it is sometimes a chore 5 Mailbag Hand on heart, did you vote in June? If you did, on how many of the five federal proposals? I tried to form an 6 Focus opinion on all of the initiatives and referenda. I stu The tunnelbuilding nation died the voting documents, read newspapers, watched “Arena” on Swiss television and discussed the issues 10 Economy with family and friends. The new banknotes Admittedly, it was arduous at times: Just the doc uments themselves, which included two hefty book 12 Politics lets, various information sheets and the ballot papers, namely for the five fed Referendum results from 5 June eral proposals – pro public service, unconditional basic income, the milch Proposals for 25 September cow initiative, the amendment to the law on reproductive medicine and an Parmelin’s first few months on the amendment to the Asylum Act – plus, because I live in Baselland, six cantonal Federal Council proposals ranging from supplementary childcare to the “Cantonal parlia ment resolution on the implementation of the pension fund law reform for 17 Culture the pension scheme of the University of Basel under the pension fund of the The alphorn in the modern age canton of BaselStadt – a partnershipbased enterprise”.
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