Alain Berset celebrates at the Street Parade, cigar and can in hand

The images are causing a sensation on social networks and already go far beyond the borders of our country. Alain Berset, lit cigar and can of Heineken in hand celebrating at the Street Parade which attracted 920,000 people on Saturday in Zurich. Internet users from other countries are once again curious about this country where a president in office can smoke and booze in the middle of the crowd in a natural way.

“It is the biggest cultural event in Switzerland. Nearly a million people are here to celebrate with joy, “said the president on SRF television, which indicates that this is the first time that a member of the government takes part in the Street Parade. Alain Berset praised the exemplary organization, the peaceful atmosphere and recalled that he was there for the love of music.

On social networks, it is almost unanimous: the presence of Alain Berset is welcomed. And people don’t fail to throw pikes. Because one detail has escaped no one: a can of Heineken, really? “Who drinks Heineken can’t be my president,” quips one internet user, while another pushes the joke further with a hashtag “notmypresident“. “Our country needs reform. But the fact that our president can party at a festival in the biggest city in the country is clearly something that must not change,” another remarked.

A medical Internet user, however, threw a stone into the pond, in reference to the big cigar and the can of beer: “Here is the Minister of Health in Switzerland. Questions?”

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