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It was in a former swimming pool transformed into a cultural centre, the Neubau in Lucerne, that the first direct confrontation between the three candidates for the Federal Council took place. But no one drank a cup during this first stage of a road show which will include four including that of this Tuesday in Lausanne. Between the Baloise Eva Herzog, the Bernoise Evi Allemann and the Jurassienne Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, the PS has three papables of substantially equal value. The discussion was very relaxed, almost making people forget what was at stake, a place at the heart of supreme political power in Switzerland.
