There was apparently a close, secret exchange between Alain Berset’s department and the Ringier publishing house during the pandemic. The “Blick” often knew before the Federal Council which measures the interior minister wanted to apply for. Now the first politicians are demanding consequences.
Everyone knows each other: former SBB CEO Andreas Meyer, Federal Councilor Alain Berset and Ringier CEO Marc Walder at the opening of the “Digital Days” on October 25, 2018 in Zurich.
The “Blick” and other Ringier newspapers were often remarkably well informed during the pandemic. When in November 2020 a very small delegation, consisting of heads of pharmaceuticals and high-ranking members of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI), agreed on the first large-scale vaccine delivery, the “Blick” headline on the front page: “Switzerland gets the vaccine!”