Last but not least: My friends in the Federal Council
The new Federal Councilor Widmer-Schlumpf came across as likable; despite a significant lack of sleep during the turbulent days of the election, she appeared on countless television and radio programs. And Micheline Calmy-Rey, too, always seems dedicated and extremely engaging.
She came across as likeable, the new Federal Councillor Widmer-Schlumpf, who appeared on countless television and radio programs in the turbulent days following her election despite a considerable lack of sleep. And Micheline Calmy-Rey is also always engaging and extremely winning. It's a shame that you can't even meet up with these busy Federal Councillors to exchange ideas and sip a hot chocolate. Perhaps this would even lead to a friendship, who knows. The young Neuchâtel student Bertil Suter has brought us a lot closer to the dream of a friendship with the highest politicians in this country. He brazenly set up a separate profile for each member of the national government on the Facebook community network (Werbewoche reported, see ). His declared aim is to create a discussion platform for Swiss politics and establish direct contact with the ministers. As a first step, he is now trying to get as many friends as possible for the "fake" federal councillors. At the moment, Micheline Calmy-Rey leads with 679 contacts. In a second step, Suter then wants to approach the national government directly and get them to manage the profiles themselves. This would only take half an hour per week. So nothing stands in the way of this new form of maintaining contact with the people - foreign politicians such as the French Minister for Education and Research, Valérie Pécresse, are already using it. Especially as the only Federal Councillor who has never written an e-mail in his life is no longer a member of the government. But he doesn't need Facebook either. After all, he has long since found a friend for life in Roger Köppel.
