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Swiss citizen! - Convinced European! - Democrat!

My Background as a Swiss Citizen, Democrat and  Convinced European!

 

  • 1960 Starting point: As a Swiss citizen and convinced European, I came to the conclusion, during my studies in the early 1960s, after reading the works of the Swiss political philosopher, writer and pioneer for a unification of Europe, Denis de Rougemont, that only a democratic, federal, diverse, multilingual, subsidiary, a bit more "Swiss" Europe can have a sustainable success!

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  • In 1967-1974, after my studies at ETH Zurich (Dipl.ing.chem., chemical engineer, then Dr.sc.techn. in business administration and operations research), I worked for 2 years in the Swiss chemical industry, then 5 years in Algeria as a consultant for the state oil and gas company SONATRACH.
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  • From 1974 to 2004, I spent 15 years in the Federal Department of Energy to create and then another 15 years to implement energy and CO2 scenarios: The partnership programs "Energy 2000" and then "EnergySwitzerland", set up by the Federal Council and led by me, were intended - in voluntary cooperation between business, environmental organizations, cantons, municipalities and the relevant federal agencies - to make the greatest possible contribution to achieving Switzerland's energy and climate goals - with 50 million francs per year (!) to promotr energy efficiency and renewable energies!

     During this time, I had the chance, as a Swiss delegate to the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, to follow closely the developments of international and European energy policies. - The completely undemocratic introduction - from a Swiss perspective - of an EU Constitution (2001-2009; 454 pages), prompted me to create a draft Constitution for our new Europe (20 pages) that was understandable to the average citizen and inspired by the Swiss Federal Constitution.
  • In 2004, after my retirement, I used my professional experience as a member of the board of trustees of the Climate Cent Foundation to ensure that Switzerland actually achieved its Kyoto climate goals - thanks to a voluntary "climate cent" on motor fuels to finance measures to reduce CO2 emissions at home and abroad.
  • In 2014, I finally decided - in view of the EU being shaken by crises (euro, refugees, Brexit, climate, pandemics, war in Ukraine...),  - as a hobby, so to speak - to set up the online referendum "Our New Europe". - For the first time, all citizens in 51 European countries were thus given the opportunity to choose their Europe (Brussels+, Brexit+ or Citizens+) - and to decide how they want to deal with the threatening crises that will determine the fate of humanity.