Last but not least: Moritz in miss fever
In his Federal Council blog on politics and society, Moritz Leuenberger reflected on the similarities between the office of Federal Councilor and that of Miss Switzerland. While the post remained largely a charming thought experiment, the politician Leuenberger nevertheless reemerged at the end.
In his latest blog post, the head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and - not entirely unimportant for the industry - Communications drew some parallels between the office of a Federal Councillor and that of Miss Switzerland. Moritz Leuenberger wrote that presidents of the Swiss Confederation are also subject to the rotation principle and, like the Misses, are elected anew every year. The different parts of the country are also taken into account in both offices, and the Federal Council is only just catching up in terms of gender (with currently only three women).
Leuenberger even thought that the two spheres of federal politics and pageants could learn something from each other. For example, the Miss Switzerland pageants had adopted the deeper meaning of the political rotation principle when the criticism that only blonde Swiss-German women were chosen for several years had an effect. Hefti from Zurich was followed by Gilliéron from Vaud and Rigozzi from Ticino.
Despite all the rapturous musings about the Miss Switzerland contest, the politician in Leuenberger came out at the end of the blog entry. He obviously couldn't resist taking a little swipe at the SVP by writing that, conversely, politics could perhaps learn something from the Miss Switzerland elections: never before had an ex-Miss Switzerland stood for election again.
Leuenberger even thought that the two spheres of federal politics and pageants could learn something from each other. For example, the Miss Switzerland pageants had adopted the deeper meaning of the political rotation principle when the criticism that only blonde Swiss-German women were chosen for several years had an effect. Hefti from Zurich was followed by Gilliéron from Vaud and Rigozzi from Ticino.
Despite all the rapturous musings about the Miss Switzerland contest, the politician in Leuenberger came out at the end of the blog entry. He obviously couldn't resist taking a little swipe at the SVP by writing that, conversely, politics could perhaps learn something from the Miss Switzerland elections: never before had an ex-Miss Switzerland stood for election again.
