Antoine Fleury confirms that the Swiss are attached to their neutrality

"The national myth" of Swiss neutrality "is coming back into fashion", write the journalists Daniél Miéville and Jean-Jacques Roth. Antoine Fleury views neutrality as a national symbol. "The Swiss are attached to neutrality a little like the English are to the Queen. What's the point? Everything and nothing. Imagine an England and a Commonwealth without the Queen. In the eyes of others, imagine a Switzerland that isn't neutral. In fact, we must not speak too much about neutrality because the concept doesn't work anymore. It's a legacy, a heritage. 15 years ago, I thought that it would be better to speak of an international role. But, to my great surprise, for the last several years everyone has started to speak about neutrality again."

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