Events around the elections

Editor Fabio Gassmann

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Panaché, learn about approaches to energy transition and understand why inclusion is important across the board.

On 22 October, the Swiss people will vote for which parties and heads will shape the country's politics over the next four years. An important step, then, and yet usually not even half of those eligible to vote do so. Where the hurdle lies remains to be seen, but these events aim to help.

At the Panaché inform about the Panaché

How does voting actually work? At a relaxed event organised by the Youth Parliament of the Canton of Zurich on 7 October at Karl der Grosse, you can find out more about cumulating, selecting and voting while enjoying spaghetti and panaché. This much in advance: it doesn't hurt.

Karl der Grosse

Panaschier-Plausch: Wählen leicht gemacht

Politische Bildung mit Spaghetti und Panaché. Jungparteien und Jugendparlament stellen sich vor.

Recipes for the energy transition

The outcome of the elections will also be decisive for Switzerland's future energy policy. On Thursday, 21 September, leading energy policy experts from the major parties, from the Greens to the SVP, will discuss the issue at the Kulturpark, chaired by journalist Nicoletta Cimmino. The topic of the Swiss Energy Foundation's panel discussion will be the challenges of the energy transition.

Kulturpark

Richtungswahl für die Energiewende

Führende Energiepolitiker:innen der grossen Parteien diskutieren die Herausforderungen der Energiewende und mehrheitsfähige Lösungen.

"Nothing about us without us"

A principle Islam Alijaj advocates in the fight for equality for people with disabilities. The Schauspielhaus invites you to a reading by disability rights activist and parliamentarian Alijaj from his new book followed by a panel discussion in the Schiffbau on 17 October. With competent and interesting guests, theatre, disability, politics and sustainable inclusion measures will be discussed.

No political rights without a passport?

The Polito professional association of the University of Zurich invites you to a panel discussion on democratic participation and exclusion on 10 October at the Karl der Grosse. In Switzerland, about a quarter of the permanent resident population is excluded from elections because they do not have Swiss citizenship. What does it mean to be part of a country but not part of democratic co-determination?