Evi Allemann knows exactly where she wants to go: to the top of politics. His career follows a straight line, without a hitch, without brilliance either. At 20, she was elected to the Bernese Grand Council and four years later, she joined the National Council. Under the Dome, the lawyer will sit for fifteen years. Without being a star in parliament, his opinion will count in matters of security and transport. The pragmatism and realism pegged to the body allow him to find compromises and to be sometimes more appreciated in the other parties than in his own. “Blows are not my style, I’m always looking for what brings people together, not what divides,” she explains, sitting in her comfortable office as a State Councilor located in in front of Bern Cathedral.
