“I thought she was going to at least wait until the end of the Women’s Euro”

The moment chosen by Viola Amherd to leave the Federal Council surprises the vice-president of the Vert’liberaux, Céline Weber. “I thought she was going to at least wait until the end of the women’s Euro this summer,” she told Keystone-ATS on Wednesday.

“I know that the sports competition organized this summer in Switzerland was close to the heart of the Minister of Sports,” specifies the Vaud national advisor, who says she is “completely surprised” by this timing.

The departure of Valaisanne, scheduled for the end of March, could, in his eyes, complicate a possible takeover by Gerhard Pfister, often cited as papable and who has just announced his resignation from the presidency of the Center. His departure is scheduled for the end of June, three months after that of Viola Amherd.

“It is not trivial for a party president to become a federal councilor,” said Céline Weber. Viola Amherd has already indicated on Wednesday afternoon that these few months of gap between the two resignations do not prevent the Zougois from succeeding her.