Author: Lorenzo Piccoli

A Sudden Bankruptcy of Mobility Capital? The Paradoxical Effects of Pandemics on Human Movement

17.03.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility, Politik, Practices)) , ((Keine Kommentare))
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Between February and March 2020, many people accustomed to being highly mobile witnessed a massive curtailing of their right to travel both across and within countries. Among these measures were suppression of flights, closure of borders, banning of international student exchanges, halting of public transportation, lock-down of entire cities, freezing ...

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Can Elected Politicians Have Two Passports?

31.10.2017 , in ((Dual Citizenship of Politicians, Politik)) , ((Keine Kommentare))

On Wednesday, 1 November, Ignazio Cassis formally replaces outgoing federal councilor Didier Burkhalter as the seventh member of the Federal Council of Switzerland. Born to Italian parents in the Swiss canton of Ticino, Cassis gave up his Italian citizenship just weeks before being elected. His decision sparked a heated debate on whether elected politicians should surrender their foreign passports and renounce their dual citizenship, once elected to a post. In Switzerland, there is no legal obligation to do so. ...

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