He is still considered to be the SVP superfather and pioneer: Christoph Blocher. Although the 81-JHe is no longer an official member of the party, but the former Bundesrat is still very present. Blocher himself said last year that he wanted to piss himself off again in the fight against a new framework agreement with the EU. When it comes to the independence of Switzerland, Blocher has been the defining figure of the last decades.
Christoph Blocher also spoke about the Federal Council’s corona policy and took a position in the vaccination debate. On the occasion of his birthday last October, the former Federal Council was visited by the Freedom Tryps. They brought the SVP veteran a shirt with the label “For Christoph Blocher – as thanks for saying no to the EEA”.
Next Wednesday at twelve Clock meets 20 minutes Christoph Blocher as part of «Live from the executive office» in his office in Herrliberg.
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Christoph Blocher looks toof a long career back. As a student in the legal department of EMS-Chemie, he quickly made a career and in 1983 took over the majority of the shares in the company, which is now run by Blocher’s daughter Magdalena Martullo-Blocher.
Blocher’s political career led from Meilen local council through the national council to the federal council. From 2004 to 2007 Christoph Blocher was head of the Justice and Police Department (FDJP). In December 2007 the SVP magistrate was voted out. Such a vote has only happened four times since 1848. Christoph Blocher has been the publisher of numerous free newspapers since 2017.
Christoph Blocher is also an art lover and collector. He has an extensive collection of masterpieces of Swiss painting from the 19th and 20th centuries. Blocher owns many works by Ferdinand Hodler, Albert Anker and Alberto Giacometti.