Talk:Christoph Blocher

message: The statement that there is a "four-member governing coalition" in Switzerland will mislead the reader: The Swiss Government (Bundesrat, Federal Council) ist not built by a coalition of parties, but simply by the four largest parties in the Country. The seven federal councillors take decisions according to a system that is called "Kollegialitätsprinzip" (I don't know an english translation), see the links below (wikipedia in german). 
* Politisches System der Schweiz
* Kollegialitätsprinzip
Unfortunately, I am not able to describe the situation properly in english, but perhaps someone else will do it. 
--193.5.216.100 12:34, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, "coalition" is misleading. The possibility of a major party choosing opposition is very real, though; the SP in particuar has repeatedly seriously considered leaving the council, last time at Blocher's election. It may still happen yet. Similarly, the SVP has threatened to go into opposition if Blocher was not elected. This was not considered a very serious threat, since they already had a councillor, Schmid, whom they would have had to renounce, too. dab (ᛏ) 19:40, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is no "four-member governing coalition" in Switzerland 

message: Hi Docu, I got this from the Swiss Federal Council article. Thought it might explain some things. I now know you mean well. I do too. As you have mentioned earlier, it is difficult to classify these people. Also, the Swiss system is different to anywhere else.   
The key wording is: '"The President is not the Swiss head of state".  Also, nearly all countries have one or two names in this list. Switzerland has seven! This is really what raises alarm bells with me.  
Presidency: 
Each year, one of the seven Councillors is elected by the Federal Assembly as President of the Confederation. The Federal Assembly also elects a Vice President. By convention, the positions of President and Vice President rotate annually, each Councillor thus becoming Vice President and then President every seven years while in office. 
According to the Swiss order of precedence, the President of the Confederation is the highest-ranking Swiss official. He or she presides over Council meetings and carries out certain representative functions that, in other countries, are the business of the Head of State. In urgent situations where a Council decision cannot be made in time, her or she is empowered to act on behalf of the whole Council. Apart from that, though, he or she is a primus inter pares, having no power above and beyond the other six Councillors.
The President is not the Swiss head of state (this function is carried out by the Council in corpore, that is, in its entirety). However, it has recently become usual that the President acts and is recognized as head of state while conducting official visits abroad, as the Council (also by convention) doesn't leave the country in corpore. More often, though, official visits abroad are carried out by the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Visiting heads of state are received by the Federal Council in corpore.
Wallie 06:40, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is the unrest which followed the controversial visit of Blocher to the Swiss fair. My only quick lens that night was a telelens (I had considered attempting to take a portrait of Blocher himself in the morning), hence the tight framing. Rama (talk) 11:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further explanation 

message: The "See Also" links were removed, but I put them back. They seem to be good enough to refer to. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis 20:30, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fine with me. I was wondering if maybe they should just be linked from the main text in the correct context. -- Patrice 08:54, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  See Also 

message: Does Blocher bear the title "Minister of Justice" in German, French, Italian or Romansch? If not, then "equivalent to" would be appropriate. Nevetheless, it would be best to omit this "explanation" and just give his title alone. Awaiting your reply. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis 16:37, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For example the NZZ refers to him as "Justizminister" (German for "Minister of Justice")  -- Patrice 11:25, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The title is "Federal Councelor, head of the Justice and Police department". The Swiss system has this particularity of having one single ministry for Interior and Justice. Rama (talk) 11:15, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minister of Justice 

message: Quote: "As an industrialist, he made a fortune in the chemical industry with the EMS-Chemie corporation."
Actually that's not true. He made his original fortune as stock exchange speculator, where he became aquainted with Martin Ebner (head of BZ Bank). With that money, he buyed EMS-Chemie. He's just a very successful racketeer (not to say SPIV), and not an industrialist at all!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.79.178.6 (talk) 19:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corrections 

message: I have removed the unsourced statement "Many fear that this victory marks the beginning of a new dark era of Swiss isolationism and provincialism born out of fear in light of European financial instability, that will ultimately produce damage to Switzerland's place in world economy, science and technology"
This does not seem to be a neutral statement and has no citation.  Certainly if there were a poll on the Swiss people's opinion of Mr. Blocher that would be more appropriate. Colonycat (talk) 03:36, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased Text 

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