International crises are bad enough. It would not also need the sometimes unsavory exploitation of such crises in Swiss party politics. The most recent example are the demands to cushion the surge in energy prices.
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Crises can cause enormous suffering. Politicians in Bern, on the other hand, like to exploit crises for their own ends. This is often an unsavory spectacle. During the past two years, for example, the corona pandemic has in many cases served both left and right as a verbal justification for rehashing old concerns. The common motto: “What we always wanted is now particularly important.”