Now Federal President Keller-Sutter is talking to Switzerland

The silence of the Federal Council was unmistakable. While the EU countries advise themselves on crisis cups on how to respond to the United States' departure from Europe upgrade and maintain the atomic protective shield, So far, the Swiss state government did not consider it necessary to publicize the global political upheavals. In response to the scandal in the white house between Trump and Selenski, Federal President Karin Keller-Sutter set last weekend just a tweet off.

On the sidelines of the media conference for the weekly meeting of the Federal Council, Keller-Sutter has now commented on the world politically explosive situation on Friday. Switzerland could also be affected by the announcements of the US government. «These events are not all surprising. But they question a lot. » The uncertainty is understood by the population and the geopolitical developments are taken seriously, says Keller-Sutter. That is why they dealt with it again today.

Federal Council remains vague

Switzerland's foreign policy has not changed. « International law, human rights, democracy and free trade are our central values, » says Keller-Sutter.

She repeats the position of Switzerland that you stand up for peace in Ukraine who respect international law and is permanent. She also underlined that Switzerland's relationships are not about an either or either-or either. One wants to stabilize the bilateral relationship with the EU, but also maintain diplomatic relationships with the USA.

In addition, the Federal President remains vague. What are the considerations of Switzerland, how to react and act? Foreign policy is a « constant agent » in the Federal Council that will « improve and discuss and discuss various questions in the next few weeks, » says Keller-Sutter.

When asked what circumstances Switzerland would dare to condemn a decision from the United States, she says: « The volume is not a indicator of the quality of foreign policy. »

National Council put pressure on

The pressure on the Federal Council has increased in the past few days. The National Council adopted an explanation of the government with a large majority on Thursday. Only the SVP was against it.

In it, the council calls on the government to promote cooperation with other European countries. To this is to examine further possibilities for security policy cooperation with the EU and to strengthen the diplomatic efforts, « to secure stability in Europe and to support dialogue formats for the European security regulations ».

Keller-Sutter did not want to comment on the demands on Friday. Take this note, she said. The National Council will be able to contribute to the relevant topics.

FDP President Thierry Burkart, party colleague Keller-Sutter, also clearly positioned itself this week-and criticized the Federal Council. « The entire Federal Council is asked to finally achieve a security -political consensus in the sense of an overall defense strategy after three years of war, » he said in an interview with the « Tages-Anzeiger ». « I have not yet recognized this leadership claim in the government. »

Ritter lacked the vote

The new Minister of Defense is particularly challenged – which is most likely called either Martin Pfister or Markus Ritter. The latter has already made it clear which strategy he prefers: Switzerland should remain under the radar, he said.

The vote on the declaration of the National Council on the positioning of Switzerland remained away on Thursday. He had “an important meeting” in connection with his Federal Council candidacy, he explains on request. In his current position, he also follows « generally the attitude of the Federal Council ». This also applies to other government decisions that have already been made. Stay under the radar: it is obviously currently his personal strategy.