The journalists at the hotel bar
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:41 am
In this year's Federal Council elections, no clairvoyant abilities were needed to predict the outcome. This is probably why some journalists voluntarily refrained from taking a clear look.
The media made the election more heated than it really was. There were reports beforehand of "great tension right up to the end". The result was that on Wednesday morning both the south africa rcs data FDP and CVP candidates were elected in the first round of voting. While a clear result was expected for Karin Keller-Sutter, the quick and clear election of Viola Amherd was a surprise. And there was also something historic: for the first time in Swiss history, two women were sworn in at the same time. But that was enough of the tension.
"Federal Council elections electrify many journalists," political observer Mark Balsiger noted last year . Since the mid-1990s, Federal Council elections have become a media spectacle "that does not fit in with our republican country." The personalization and mediatization of politics has also become established in Switzerland. "What is still missing in terms of staging is that the newly elected person - or person - is crowned," said Balsiger.
The media made the election more heated than it really was. There were reports beforehand of "great tension right up to the end". The result was that on Wednesday morning both the south africa rcs data FDP and CVP candidates were elected in the first round of voting. While a clear result was expected for Karin Keller-Sutter, the quick and clear election of Viola Amherd was a surprise. And there was also something historic: for the first time in Swiss history, two women were sworn in at the same time. But that was enough of the tension.
"Federal Council elections electrify many journalists," political observer Mark Balsiger noted last year . Since the mid-1990s, Federal Council elections have become a media spectacle "that does not fit in with our republican country." The personalization and mediatization of politics has also become established in Switzerland. "What is still missing in terms of staging is that the newly elected person - or person - is crowned," said Balsiger.