August 1: Élisabeth Baume-Schneider defends learning French

EVIABABABETH BAOME-TAKE Flistked Thursday in Rorschach (SG) the attacks made in certain. Similarly, German cantons against the learning of French in primary school. On the occasion of the national holiday, the Jurassic advocated the multilingualism and the cultural diversity of Switzerland.

“We must august 1: élisabeth baume-schneider defends be aware that our country can only operate in the long term if we are able to focus on other linguistic regions. ” said the head of the Federal Department of the Interior (DFI), according to the written version of his speech.

Élisabeth Baume-Schneider explained that the Federal Council observed with “concern” the parliamentary motions. tabled in particular in Zurich, Saint-Gall or Lucerne, wanting to repel learning French at secondary school.

For the Jurassian. such a decision would amount to calling into question the linguistic compromise found between the cantons, which would create more problems than it would solve.

Link with Europe

The DFI’s heads wanted to show that this linguistic diversity made Switzerland deeply European. “We are the only country to be closely linked to three major cultural spaces. We also largely owe our economic success. to which our research and our high schools strongly contribute to our constructive relationship with Europe, ”she noted.

In this context. Élisabeth Baume-Schneider underlined the will of the Federal Council to stabilize and modernize the relationship of Switzerland with the European Union. An all the more important relationship when the international system becomes “more unstable” she said.

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