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This contribution of Mr. Valentin is very intelligent und very smart … but as a Swiss citizen I must ask myself (and you, Mr. Valentin) if you really know politics of Switzerland (and tactics of bourgeois political partys, especially the right wing swiss peoples party SVP). In a political discussion on TV two days after the decision of the ECtHR the two representatives of bourgeois partys argued quite the same manner like Mr. Valentin - but meaning that every thing in Switzerland is oK (including climate problems) and that Switzerland is doing its best and NATURALLY that no „foreign“ court has the right to decide over Swiss climate policies. Two other politicians from green liberal and socialdemocratic parties said: We have to admit that Switzerland is doing much to less to achieve the goals oft the 2050-Paris-treaty which was signed also by Switzerland. As I understood the ECtHR did NOT interfere in Swiss politics. So - unfortunately - your contribution, Mr. Valentin, may have a certain intellectual value, but climate change needs action, not intellectual doddles. Sorry to say that (because I usualy like the contribuations of PERSUASION very much!).

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If I know any country on Earth that doesn't mind telling anybody where the dog died, it's Switzerland. The honorable judges better fasten their seatbelts if they have any enforcement actions in mind: it's going to be a bumpy ride.

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