Digital Sovereignty: Europe Marches – Switzerland Finds Its Stride clarus.news | Analysis | July 20, 2026 by Andreas Binggeli and Ernst Anker Seven months after the 10-million coup in the Federal Palace, the army draws...
The Council of States Has Delivered – After the Summer Break, Political Perseverance Counts clarus.news | Analysis | July 14, 2026 by Thierry Leserf, Ernst Anker and Andreas Binggeli The Council of States demanded more...
Climate Change Tools for Forests, Agriculture and Water Bodies: Swiss Research Program Provides Planning Aids by Beate Kittl (Media Officer, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL) Summary T...
Bouclier fiscal: Does the Vaud tax affair reach into federal coffers? Summary by Ernst Anker with Claude Opus The Canton of Vaud applied the "bouclier fiscal" tax shield unlawfully between 2009 and 2021; it puts the los...
Supervision of federal enterprises: three answers, three positions clarus.news | Interim report | June 23, 2026 The first reactions to our inquiry about IT downsizing at Swiss Post paint a differentiated picture. The ow...
Switzerland's Forest in a Changing Climate: Who Gains, Who Loses – and What Must Be Done clarus.news | Analysis | 17 May 2026 By Thierry Leserf, with analytical support from Claude Opus (Anthropic) Correction note (23...
Vaud Tax Affair: 202 Million Francs, Two Criminal Proceedings and Unresolved Responsibility Summary by Ernst Anker with Claude Opus The Canton of Vaud did not apply the tax shield "bouclier fiscal" in accordance with th...
The Compass without North: How the NFP-77 Synthesis Report Relegates Digital Sovereignty to the Epilogue clarus.news | Analysis | June 4, 2026 Thirty million francs, five years, 46 research projects: The synthesis repor...
Digitalization and Federalism – Is That Even Possible? How Patient Records, DigiSanté and 26 Cantons Are Undermining Switzerland's Sovereignty Claims clarus.news | Analysis | May 22, 2026 At the federal level, the FOPH ...
The Broken Modus Vivendi: Why Parmelin's Plain Speaking Actually Strengthens the Liberal Argument for Bilaterals III clarus.news | Analysis | May 18, 2026 Federal President Guy Parmelin spoke "plain words" publicly for ...