Mailbag
Switzerland and crisis
Many congratulations on your editorial “Switzerland and the crisis”. Every word and every sentence was spot on. Your article ought to be published in a prominent place in all Swiss newspapers over the coming weeks to make people stop and think.
I hope you and your team keep up the good work and that “Swiss Review” – printed or electronic – continues to enjoy a strong readership.
E. DIETHELM, ALTENDORF
Women in Switzerland
Thank you for the very interesting article about the achievements of Pascale Bruderer Wyss. Swiss women have come a long way! When I left Switzerland in the summer of 1969 women were not allowed to vote. A married woman was not allowed to open a bank account or rent an apartment under her own name. Now women are running the country!
Congratulations, well done.
M. JOHNSON, CANADA
Policy on the EU: all aboard the Titanic!
In your rough calculation, you generously overlooked the enormous consequential costs of migration and social insurance, etc., not to mention the billions on top which Switzerland would continually have to pay out to bankrupt states as an EU member. You also failed to mention the EU directives, which Member States constantly have to implement, decreed by an unelected body of commissioners. Switzerland is not yet without alternatives as the people are being told by those who have deliberately taken us down the bilateral cul-de-sac, are vigorously undermining our institutions and are propagating defeatism.
M. NYFFELER, GERMANY
Strong argument
My hearing is failing, but my sight is very good. I was captivated by the April edition’s front-page photograph of Pascale Bruderer. This is a strong argument for the printed version and against the online one.
Switzerland is blessed with extraordinary people as well as wonderful scenery. I look forward to future editions.
W. SCHALLER, GERMANY
The greatest Swiss
We asked the Swiss abroad to tell us via the Internet who they felt was the greatest Swiss figure of all time. We received 2,500 votes. The result: Albert Einstein was voted the most outstanding Swiss citizen in history. In second place came Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross, third was Heinrich Pestalozzi, and General Henri Guisan, whose service as commander-in-chief of the Swiss army in the Second World War has never been forgotten, finished in fourth position. In order of votes, they were followed by Le Corbusier, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Alberto Giacometti.
We would like to thank everyone who took part in our little survey.
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