Federal Councillor Albert Rösti delivers seven 1st August speeches
Published: Thursday, Jul 25th 2024, 10:00
Updated At: Tuesday, Jul 30th 2024, 13:20
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The members of the Federal Council give 19 speeches in Switzerland and abroad around the national holiday. Albert Rösti puts on a marathon of speeches, speaking at seven different events.
On Thursday, August 1, Rösti will be speaking in Wimmis BE, Rothrist AG, Schöftland AG, Rümlang and Ossingen in the canton of Zurich. On this day, Rösti will be traveling by car, as the distances are easily manageable, the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) announced at the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency.
Rösti can already be seen in Kesswil TG and Wilderswil BE on Wednesday, July 31. There is a possibility that Rösti will be traveling by helicopter.
Rösti is not the first Federal Councillor to have to rush from one 1 August speech to the next. Ignazio Cassis gave five speeches each in 2022 and Guy Parmelin in 2019, as reported by the Federal Chancellery on request. Former Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer spoke at six different events in the cantons of Bern, Zurich and Thurgau in 2017.
Only two appearances in French-speaking Switzerland
President Viola Amherd will also be speaking in Möriken-Wildegg in the canton of Aargau on July 31. Parmelin will also be attending the federal celebrations in the city of Lucerne. On August 1, Parmelin speaks at the "Bundeszmorgen" in Stein am Rhein SH and in the evening at the national celebration in Jussy in the canton of Geneva. His speech in Jussy is just one of two Federal Council speeches taking place in French-speaking Switzerland this year. The second speech in French-speaking Switzerland will be given by Elisabeth Baume-Schneider on August 1 in Saint-Pierre-de-Clages VS. The day before, she will appear in Rorschach SG.
Beat Jans speaks on the morning of the national holiday at a farmers' brunch in Schüpfen BE and in the evening on the Bleichenberg in Biberist SO.
Federal Councillors also traveling abroad
In mid-July, Mr. Cassis was the first member of the Federal Council to take part in August Day celebrations. From July 10 to 15, the Foreign Minister made official visits to Latin America and took part in the August 1st celebrations of the Swiss community in Peru and the Swiss embassy in Costa Rica.
He will continue on Tuesday, July 30, at the House of Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Paris. On August 1, Mr. Cassis will speak in Guarda GR and Sessa TI. Not in Switzerland on the national holiday is Karin Keller-Sutter, who will be appearing in New York.
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