December 13, 2007

Switzerland: To end the story starting yesterday …

bundesplatz

More power to the women - Mrs. Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf replaces Christoph Blocher in the Swiss government (see today’s BBC News). Despite her name, Mrs. Widmer-Schlumpf is not a member of the famous Schlümpfe clan (The Smurfs in English); nor is she a feminist.

A sudden, unexpected change, indeed; but finally, we can say: Better safe than sorry.

Picture: streetart on Bundesplatz in Bern this morning (shown on local TV station TeleZüri / Screenshot)

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