How the state kindly takes away our freedom
by Mathias Müller, Switzerland
(16 May 2025) Politicians present themselves to citizens as a friend and helper. But this is often a perfidious deception, as the new coalition agreement in Germany shows.
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India should tread warily
by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(9 May 2025) (CH-S) In the Indian region of Kashmir, suspected extremists opened fire on tourists on 22 April, killing at least 26 people according to police reports. Most of the victims were visitors from various parts of India, as well as several people from the resort area near Pahalgam. The situation between India and Pakistan escalated immediately – in the Kashmir region, which has been disputed for decades, the two neighbouring countries accuse each other of stirring up unrest.
British military leaders are “heads” of the “anti-Putin coalition”
British soldiers have been in Ukraine since 2015
by Multipolar
(9 May 2025) (CH-S) Contrary to all public assurances, it can now be considered certain that British military leaders have played an extremely active role in arming Ukraine since 2015, according to the independent news portal “multipolar”.
London’s policy outside the EU, but within Europe and NATO, is notable for its particularly escalatory stance. It was also Boris Johnson’s intervention that contributed to the breakdown of the peace talks in Istanbul in the spring of 2022 by Ukraine.
Ukraine conflict
Citizens’ resolution
(9 May 2025) (CH-S) French officers are calling for clarity on their country’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict. They are therefore calling on parliament to publish all information about the presence of French troops in Ukraine since 2022 in the Official Journal of the Republic.
This appeal has been signed by more than two dozen French generals and several hundred other members of the armed forces. Since the end of April 2025, more than 30,000 signatures from French citizens have been collected in support of the appeal.
Anyone who dismisses the “Sechseläuten” as “not inclusive enough” does not understand traditions
by Kacem El Ghazzali,* Switzerland
(9 May 2025) I love Sechseläuten. And I love roasting sausages over embers with a can of beer in my hand while the flames completely consume the “Böögg”. True Sechseläuten fans are not afraid of the hot embers. They persevere. Because it is precisely this collective experience of persevering together that is the magic of this unique Zurich ritual.
“We caved in – under pressure from the big banks”
The sanctions against Russia and the importance of neutrality in economic warfare
(9 May 2025) Interview with former Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher*, questions by Christoph Pfluger**
Christoph Pfluger: Neutrality is primarily understood in military terms, but as we are now seeing, it also has an economic component. How do you see it?