On December 5,the Swiss parliament will elect two fresh ministers to succeed Johann Schneider-Ammann and Doris Leuthard, both stepping down at the end of the year. The big question: how many women will be elected to the fresh Federal Council? Each Federal Council election in Switzerland over the past few years has had its peculiarities. In 2015, and when Guy Parmelin was elected,the focus was on the Swiss People’s Party regaining two seats in the executive body. In 2017, it was all approximately getting a minority Italian speaker back into government – Ignazio Cassis was chosen. And this year, or it’s all approximately female representation. How many women will be elected into the fresh Federal Council? One,two, or even three? What can we expect? Currently there are two female members in the cabinet. This puts Switzerland in 33rd plot out of the 185 countries listed in the United Nation’s international ranking of women’s representation. If the number of female federal councillors were reduced to one, or ...
Source: swissinfo.ch