2023-09-19 17:06:50
Published on September 19, 2023 at 7:06 p.m. Modified on September 19, 2023 at 7:07 p.m.
Death threats in the envelope. Three elected officials from French-speaking Switzerland – Mathilde Marendaz (Together on the left), Mathilde Mottet (PS) and Samson Yemane (PS) – were recently the target of aggressive anonymous letters with disturbing similarities. The first two are candidates for the federal elections in October. Last December, national advisor Céline Amaudruz (UDC), who is applying to the States, was the victim of an attempted attack and insults at the University of Geneva. What is this violence called? One month before the federal elections, what can we say about the social climate in Switzerland? Sociologist from the University of Lausanne Laurence Kaufmann describes how democracy is disrupted, traumatized by a pandemic which has increased distrust towards the powers in place. While social networks authorize, if not manufacture, hatred and polarization is on everyone’s lips. In a world “in existential crisis”, the professor assures that solutions exist.
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