Thanks for the excellent and comprehensive writeup.
The "rule by consensus" of the Federal Council is similar to British Cabinet solidarity, however, it is hard to really defend. It is not expected in any other form of Swiss voting for losers to pretend they agree with the winners, or the voting results to be secret. When Blocher stated that there was no consensus about Schengen, it is hard to see why telling this was so terrible. The appearance of consensus is not actual consensus and such approaches frequently degenerate into forms of groupthink. The Brit... (read more)
Thanks for the excellent and comprehensive writeup.
The "rule by consensus" of the Federal Council is similar to British Cabinet solidarity, however, it is hard to really defend. It is not expected in any other form of Swiss voting for losers to pretend they agree with the winners, or the voting results to be secret. When Blocher stated that there was no consensus about Schengen, it is hard to see why telling this was so terrible. The appearance of consensus is not actual consensus and such approaches frequently degenerate into forms of groupthink. The Brit... (read more)