It is unbearable that Switzerland, with the world’s best universities, is excluded from the research program, says Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. However, only a few EU countries are committed to Bern in Brussels.
As is tradition, the new Swiss President Alain Berset was the first to travel to Austria – pictured with the Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen (left).
It’s like a movie that repeats itself every year. For decades, the Swiss Federal President has been the first to visit Vienna. He inspects the military guard of honor with the Austrian Federal President in the Hofburg. The two politicians exchange pleasantries. Austria assures that it will support Switzerland in the EU. The traditional inaugural visit is a sign of the close ties between the two neighboring countries.
