Swiss politician and Federal Councillor
Beat Jans: Unions against SP Economics Minister: The SP Federal Councillor is eyeing the Economics Department. The president of the umbrella organization of ...
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Petition against deportations to Burundi launched: Theres Germann from Siglistorf is collecting signatures against deportations to Burundi ...
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Beat Jans is making no progress on asylum policy: Now an SVP Federal Councillor must take over!
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Paid articlePaywall A day in the office of Federal Councillor Beat Jans: Apparently, the mood is buoyant. Less so among the cantons and municipalities that have to deal with the ...
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Rolf Minder presents Beat Jans with the Federal Council March.: The conductor of the Gretzenbach Music Society travels to Bern with a delegation ...
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Paid articlePaywall SVP's Parmelin, an all-too-willing helper of the unions? Jans, no thanks: Left-wing employee representatives want a bourgeois Federal Councillor ...
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Wirtschaftsminister Beat Jans: Schreckgespenst oder logische Konsequenz bürgerlicher Unfähigkeit?
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Paid articlePaywall “Jans must stay”: Green Party President Mazzone warns against the SVP taking over the Migration Department
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Paid articlePaywall Border controls and pushbacks: A taboo broken in Germany's asylum policy? Courageous CDU politician becomes a role model for Beat Jans
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After Parmelin's resignation: SVP fuels speculation about departmental allocation.
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OpinionEU Treaties: New Immigration Levy: The Council of States has approved an immigration levy as part of the planned safeguard clause within the framework of the EU ...
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Denmark as a model: Federal Councillor Jans on a sinfully expensive integration dead end - | a look at Copenhagen would be beneficial
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Paid articlePaywall Bravo, Beat Jans! SP Federal Councillor speaks out against easier naturalization: SP Federal Councillor Beat Jans speaks out against simplified naturalization in ...
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Paid articlePaywall Federal Council rejects the border protection initiative without a counter-proposal
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“My conscience doesn’t matter”: Justice Minister Beat Jans wants to send able-bodied Ukrainians back to the front as cannon fodder
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Beat Jans visits Läufelfingen village festival with anniversary parade: The Basel SP Federal Councillor travelled to Läufelfingen on Sunday on the historic ...
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Beat Jans' migration office confirms internally that "many" Ukrainians are vacationing in their homeland. The country is holding its own militarily against ...
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Immigration tax: SVP Aeschi criticizes Federal Council plans: Federal Councillor Beat Jans wants employers to pay an immigration tax when they recruit employees ...
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Swiss e-ID: Justice Minister Jans prevents secret Amazon deal: Switzerland wanted to outsource parts of its national e-ID to Amazon's US cloud ...
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E-ID: Federal Councillor Beat Jans stops contract with Amazon: Jans prevented Amazon from receiving a key contract for the government's e-ID at the last ...
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Maghreb asylum seekers: 80 percent accused, Jans announces stricter measures: The crime rate among the asylum seeker population in Switzerland is very low ...
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Beat Jans speaks in Therwil about Switzerland and Europe: An der Bundesfeier kommt auch die Beziehung zur EU zur Sprache. Darauf reagiert das Publikum deutlich ...
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New Federal Asylum Center in Altstätten Ready for Occupation: The new building for 390 asylum seekers in Altstätten will be put into operation at the beginning ...
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Compass Initiative: Jans Recommends Rejection: Beat Jans says the initiative is "not effective" and "unclearly formulated." He and the Federal Council recommend ...
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Paid articlePaywall Praise for Spain, Schengen works perfectly, censorship on the internet: Federal Councillor Beat Jans loses all touch with reality after the invasion of Spain
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Paid articlePaywall National Holiday, August 1: Federal Councillors have differing opinions about Switzerland
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Migrant influx into Ceuta, is Switzerland unprepared? The EU migration pact praised by Beat Jans only works under "normal migration conditions ...
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Paid articlePaywall Now even Brussels is too strict: Beat Jans' migration office is relaxing an EU asylum rule - | with the involvement of the SP and the Greens
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Paid articlePaywall SP-Asylminister Beat Jans will Ukrainer stärker in den Arbeitsmarkt integrieren – um den «Fachkräftemangel» zu bekämpfen. SVP-Bundesrat Parmelin dämpft die ...
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Paid articlePaywall German forgery workshop: Two more politically motivated embarrassments for ZDF. The broadcaster remains true to its left-wing stance
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Paid articlePaywall Brussels' Federal Council: Beat Jans bases his asylum policy on the EU, not on the Federal Parliament
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After the rejection of the initiative, Federal Councillor Beat Jans expressed his relief. However, the vote also makes it clear: The debate about immigration ... Show more
Jans' campaign continues: SP Federal Councillor uses the rejection of the 10-million-Switzerland initiative to drum up support for new EU treaties
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Federal Councillor Beat Jans sees great danger for Graubünden in the ten-million initiative.
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Paid articlePaywall 10 Million Switzerland Initiative: Beat Jans Fights in Vain: Public sentiment is turning against the Federal Council and Parliament. The “political class” must ...
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Only three denaturalizations - | Winterthur demonstrates state failure with radicals
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10-Million-Switzerland: Federal Councilor Beat Jans on the SVP initiative: In the referendum campaign, the Minister of Justice is resorting to unusual measures ...
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Immigration alone will not solve the hospital staff shortage.: The healthcare system relies on foreign nationals. However, simply increasing immigration will not ...
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10 Million Switzerland: Beat Jans sparks debate: The conversation with the Minister of Justice about the 10 million initiative is generating discussion ...
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Federal Councillor Beat Jans warns Aargau entrepreneurs about the 10-million initiative.
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Secret document puts Federal Council in a tight spot shortly before vote: An internal memo warns against government propaganda before votes. In the case of Beat ...
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The 10 Million Switzerland Initiative is Switzerland's "Brexit moment": Who will tell Federal Councillor Beat Jans that we are not in the EU?
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Paid articlePaywall Jans, Baume-Schneider and Co.: Fake News Without Borders. Merz Lets Parmelin Down. Steel Dispute: Arbitrariness Instead of Legal Certainty in the EU
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10-Million Switzerland: Beat Jans fights against the SVP - | and seeks a new role
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Secret Surveillance Bill: The Federal Council Has Learned Nothing: Following criticism of the new surveillance regulation, Justice Minister Jans promised ...
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Federal Councilor Beat Jans warns: “SVP initiative could endanger your health”: The Minister of Justice is issuing an urgent warning about the SVP initiative ...
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Grand Prix Bern: Lobalu wins despite shoes that are too big: Dominic Lobalu wins the GP for the third time, even though he wasn't feeling particularly fresh ...
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Surveillance: Leaked draft of the VÜPF revision sparks new criticism: Despite fierce criticism from all parts of society, the responsible department apparently ...
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Domestic violence: Tamara Funiciello criticizes Beat Jans: The fight against domestic and sexualized violence has improved, says Beat Jans ...
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Paid articlePaywall Fake News auf allen Kanälen: Propaganda gegen die SVP-Initiative. Jans, Baume-Schneider: Skandalöse Volksbelügung. Migros-Chef kritisiert und profitiert (was ...
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The “Great Replacement”: How Federal Councillor Beat Jans is turning a right-wing conspiracy theory into reality
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Paid articlePaywall Parliamentary Commission investigates Beat Jans' campaign against the 10 million initiative
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Gretzenbach Music Society dedicates his own march to Beat Jans: A personal meeting has left an impression: Conductor Rolf Minder has written a march for Federal ...
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Paid articlePaywall SP Federal Councillors Jans and Baume-Schneider protested against the SVP's 10 million initiative on May 1st.
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May 1: Federal Councillor Beat Jans speaks in Solothurn: High-ranking visitors from Bern attended the May 1st celebration at Kreuzackerplatz on Friday afternoon ...
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Paid articlePaywall 10-Million Switzerland: Federal Councillor Beat Jans laments the skilled worker shortage he himself helped create
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Paid articlePaywall Kleinbasel hotspot: Drugs, violence, and the burden of migration: A brief look at a place where even the most well-meaning residents are slowly despairing.
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In Urnäsch, a Turkish man known to the police killed two women with a knife. How long do you intend to continue operating with roundtables and task forces, Mr ...
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The political own goal of the year: Jans' measures against the housing shortage are "not suitable to alleviate the problems in any way ...
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"Completely unsuitable," "a smokescreen," "an outrage": Raiffeisen's chief economist also dismantles Jans' plans to alleviate the housing shortage
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10-million Switzerland: Rudolf Strahm settles accounts with his SP: In the interview, the Social Democrat criticizes his party for its hyper-moralism regarding ...
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Federal Councilor among the workers: “We must enforce our rules—on people who immigrate”
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Federal Councillor Jans announces that Switzerland will examine its participation in an EU port alliance
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The feeling that Switzerland is becoming more crowded is widely shared in Schaffhausen. However, it is controversial whether the SVP initiative “No 10-Million ... Show more
Traffic chaos caused by Rhine Falls tourists: Neuhaus politicians demand a solution
“No 10-million Switzerland”: What proponents and opponents in Schaffhausen disagree on – | and where they do have common ground
Traffic chaos caused by Rhine Falls tourists: Neuhaus politicians demand a solution
“No 10-million Switzerland”: What proponents and opponents in Schaffhausen disagree on – | and where they do have common ground
Federal Council clarifies: Collection fees can be refused: The Council of States stops the planned cap on collection fees. According to Justice Minister Beat ...
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10 Million Switzerland: Tagblatt Panel Discussion Overview: Federal Councillor Beat Jans warned of the consequences of the sustainability initiative; four ...
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Paid articlePaywall Bundesräte dürfen in der SRF-«Arena» Fake News erzählen. Eine Beschwerde gegen Jans’ ID-Märchen hat keine Folgen
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Federal Council launches a frontal attack on SVP initiative - | business leader also warns
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OpinionSwitzerland has a problem with imported violence: Police crime statistics show that asylum seekers and migrants who entered the country illegally are causing ...
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Federal Councilor Beat Jans visits Tele D: Federal Councilor Beat Jans was the 155th Federal Councilor to appear as a guest on the local television station Tele ...
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Switzerland – EU: Federal Council refers Bilateral Agreements III to Parliament: The package is now in the hands of Parliament. Discussions there will become ...
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14,000 Ukrainian conscripts enjoy protected status S in Switzerland: Why Migration Minister Beat Jans doesn't want to send them back - | and why his ...
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