Die EU ist im Geiste Benjamin Constants entstanden, der an die zivilisierende Kraft des Handels glaubte. Doch heute kehren wir zu einer Logik der Macht zurück, die überwunden schien. Das hat auch Auswirkungen auf die Schweiz.
The EU was founded in the spirit of Benjamin Constant, who believed in the civilising power of trade. But today we are returning to a Machiavellian logic of power that seemed to have been overcome. This also has implications for Switzerland.
Free markets have been the greatest success in the history of the world. Yet they are constantly endangered by people’s desire to have somebody in charge.
