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Eckert, Elizabeth


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Le Temps - Suiza | 08/01/2009

¿Suiza como salvadora?

El periódico Le Temps discute el papel invitado de Suiza en la guerra del gas: "En esta difícil crisis en la que se encuentran ahora enfrentados Moscú, Kiev y la Unión Europea, Suiza pasa a desempeñar de repente el papel de invitado sorpresa. ¿Podrá aportar algo la Confederación a la solución del conflicto que hace temblar a Europa? ... Una primera solicitud llega de la sociedad [de suministro de gas] RosUkrEnergo [, fundada por accionistas rusos y ucranianos]. ... Ésta es – y no Rusia – la que suministra gas a Ucrania, y Kiev le adeuda a ésta – y no a Gazprom – los 3,2 billones de dólares que no ha pagado. ... Una segunda solicitud fue presentada por el representante de la diplomacia ucraniana en la Oficina Federal de Energía y ante el secretario de Estado para el Desarrollo Económico a fin de ilustrar la situación de Ucrania y solicitar la intervención helvética. ... También juegan un papel aspectos políticos. ... Al contrario de la mayoría de los países europeos, el suministro de energía [suizo] depende muy poco del gas. Además, parece ser que los rusos y los ucranianos quieren evitar que la Unión Europea ... cumpla la función de juez."

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Tribune de Genève - Suiza | 16/01/2008

How to save the skin of Swiss cervelas?

"Cervelas and the little bread rolls made from rye and wheat that are imperatively called Bürli are crucial ingredients of Swiss identity. ... And yet here they are, both under threat from a common evil named globalisation", writes an alarmed Elisabeth Eckbert. "The Swiss sausage can only be made with a sort of skin made up of cow guts from Brazil. Alas, the mad cow disease has cast its shadow there and now Europe is banning all imported intestines from South America. And thus we are faced with the horrific prospect of a Euro 2008 [co-hosted by Switzeland] without grilled sausages. Bread too, is under threat, but not from any shortage, rather from a cross-canton standardisation since Pouly [a major industrial bakery] swallowed up nineteen bakeries [run by its rival] Alfred Polli. Bread is indeed multiplying, but it is becoming forcibly industrialised."

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Tribune de Genève - Suiza | 14/02/2007

Switzerland defends its fiscal system

On Tuesday, February 13th, Brussels asked Switzerland not to provide multinational companies based on its territory with fiscal privileges. The journalist Elisabeth Eckert wonders if a new fiscal war is not about to break out. "Are we going to re-live the same tensions with Brussels as before with negotiations on savings and fiscality making an assault on bank secrecy ? There is every reason to believe so, as long as tax questions continue to shake up all the nations. ... The internal EU debate among the 27 Members is fraught, nervous even. And even if a code of good behaviour in matters of disloyal competition has been adopted by them, we are far, very far, from an ideal, harmonised fiscal dream. Then there is Switzerland ... The age-old recourse to a common enemy in order to smooth over our own weak points is well known. It is all the more blatant here where attacking Swiss cantons. Brussels is reinterpreting the 1972 free trade agreement between the EU and Switzerland despite its having worked well up until now."

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Tribune de Genève - Suiza | 19/04/2006

The oil price hike

Journalist Elisabeth Eckert believes the rise in petrol prices is a "necessary electroshock". "Today, the profits of the big oil companies are at historical highs ... In 2005, thanks to the spectre of a shortage, Exxon Mobil pocketed 36 billion dollars [29.1 billion euros] in profits, which is to say a mere 80,000 dollars [64,800 euros] a minute ... And for a very good reason. Last year, the world's motorists consumed more petrol than ever before, including in Switzerland. Industries in the North and South have never operated at such a steady rate and nothing suggests - fortunately, of course - that this is about to end. Yet the price of petrol at the pump remains too low - even at two francs [1.30 euros] - in order for research into alternative energies to make any progress, or for habits to change. Much too low. Energy, like water or food, is a much too precious resource to be wasted."

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