Published on November 8, 2024 at 5:21 p.m. / Modified on November 8, 2024 at 5:26 p.m.
For a blunder, it’s a big blunder. In the middle of the motorway campaign, Federal Councilor Albert Rösti dropped a little bomb at the end of October, confiding in front of a class of Basel gymnasiums that “personally, he leans towards Trump”. Controversy guaranteed for this exit, forcing the UDC elected official to make an act of contrition on the RTS stage. Some thought it was a sign sent to his party’s base, but for one of his close friends, it was an involuntary mistake. “Normally, he would not have made this mistake, but here, he is so on all fronts,” he observes. With three votes this year, it’s true that the Bernese are everywhere.
By inheriting the coveted DETEC, a department which brings together areas as strategic as transport, energy and the environment, Albert Rösti imposed his agenda. Without taking gloves. He quickly caused consternation in nature protection circles with an order allowing the culling of no less than 60% of the country’s wolf packs, all after an extremely short consultation. This summer, the Bernese is once again making a lasting impression by opening the door to a return to nuclear power. With his PLR colleagues, he is leading the Federal Council to make a 180-degree turn, going against the popular vote of 2017 banning new power plants.
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