C’est une idée reçue de croire que les personnes migrantes hautement qualifiées accèdent facilement au marché de l’emploi. Dans la réalité, les personnes migrantes arrivées en Suisse pour des motifs humanitaires doivent se battre contre de nombreux préjugés afin de faire valoir leurs compétences et décrocher un poste de travail. ...
+ Leggi di piùAprès avoir envisagé une mise en œuvre rigoureuse de l’article constitutionnel « contre l’immigration de masse » (quotas annuels d’immigration par branches ou région) puis une version beaucoup plus souple (plafonnement unilatéral uniquement en cas de forte immigration), le Conseil fédéral a passé la main au parlement qui, en décembre 2016, a pris la liberté de ne pas appliquer la Constitution. ...
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Last week, Ignazio Cassis became one of the Swiss federal councilors – after having surrendered his Italian passport in the weeks before the election. Simultaneously, in Australia several parliamentarians had to relinquish their seat, because it turned out that they had dual citizenship. Thinking about dual citizenship of elected politicians, four points are to be considered: “awareness” and the “possibility to renounce” where a prohibition for dual citizens to run for office is in force, as well as “loyalty” and “representation”, the basic arguments used when creating such prohibitions.
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La rinuncia alla cittadinanza italiana da parte di Ignazio Cassis ha rilanciato il dibattito sulla portata dei diritti politici – e in particolare del diritto di eleggibilità – in Svizzera. Secondo Cassis, il suo era un atto dovuto – politicamente, anche se non giuridicamente – per essere eleggibile al Consiglio federale, mentre non vedeva nella doppia cittadinanza un ostacolo per votare e nemmeno per candidarsi al Parlamento federale. Questo episodio dimostra che non sempre il diritto di voto e quello di eleggibilità debbano coincidere.
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20 September 2017: Ignazio Cassis was elected Switzerland's new federal councilor. He could have been the first member of the Federal Council with dual citizenship – if he hadn’t decided to renounce his Italian citizenship even though no legal obligation exists.
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