DIPLOMACY
The ambassadors are amazed at the performance of the Swiss national team
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The ambassadors from all over the world meet in the Bernese Emmental. You are mainly talking about Switzerland’s victory against France. A country’s ambassador is missing.
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Ambassador with a federal woman in a timber company in the Emmental.
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National Council President Andreas Aebi (SVP) invited the ambassadors accredited in Switzerland to an excursion to the Emmental on Tuesday. On the tour there was almost only one topic among the diplomats: the failed framework agreement with the EU.
No, nobody talked about it. Everyone was talking about the victory of the Swiss national football team over France.
The German ambassador turned off the TV when Switzerland was behind
“Muy, muy excitante” – rousing – was the game, said the Argentine ambassador. He knows several Swiss players by name, is familiar with tactical subtleties – and in his remarks he discreetly pointed out that Argentina had just knocked out Bolivia 4 to 1 at the Copa America, the tournament in South America. The German ambassador in Bern is married to a Swiss man. The two soberly turned off the television on Monday evening after France scored the third goal. But then SMS arrived from Germany: Switzerland was catching up. So back to the cigarette box.
The ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina proved to be quick-witted. When asked why his country did not qualify for the European Championship, he replied: “That’s what happens when our best football coaches work abroad.” Vladimir Petkovic comes from Sarajevo.
The ambassador of Kosovo immediately said that the Balkans were still well represented at the tournament. You just have to look at the Swiss national football team.
The Egyptian ambassador celebrated on the Bundesplatz
Meanwhile, the Egyptian ambassador showed pictures of people celebrating on Bundesplatz on his cell phone. He went there with his son after the game and was happy with the Swiss. When asked whether Berne in Cairo doesn’t seem like a sleepy town, he replied with diplomatic exuberance: “No. Bern is heaven. “
The Bernese government councilor Christoph Ammann (SP) welcomed the ambassadors on a tour of a wood processing company in Trub. Ammann drew parallels between the canton of Bern and the Swiss footballers: “Both underpromise and overdeliver” – both did more than they promised. However, he did not mention the difference: the national team does not receive hundreds of millions of francs every year from the intercantonal financial equalization scheme, as does the Canton of Bern.
Some ambassadors stood around alone in the timber company. The ambassadors of Belarus and North Korea did not seem to be making good connections. And what did the French ambassador say? Nothing. He stayed away from the excursion. He knew why.
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