National DayPresident Keller-Sutter celebrates August 1 on the Rütli
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19.7.2025 - 09:31
Members of the Federal Council travel throughout Switzerland to mark the national holiday. (archive picture)
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President Karin Keller-Sutter celebrates August 1st on the Rütli in the canton of Uri. Unlike the majority of the other members of the Federal Council, she limits herself to one appearance during the Swiss National Day. An overview:
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Also on Lake Lucerne, in Gersau SZ, Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis will give his August 1st speech. He will also only be attending one event.
Defense Minister Martin Pfister will give speeches at three different locations on 1 August. The youngest serving Federal Councillor will attend the brunch at the Rimensberg SG farm, then travel to Amriswil TG and finally speak in Fribourg.
Justice Minister Beat Jans will also give three speeches. The man from Basel will travel to Schaffhausen in the morning and to Altdorf at midday, before ending the day in Windisch in the canton of Aargau.
Marathon program for Rösti
Federal Councillor Albert Rösti will give a total of six speeches on July 31 and August 1. He will begin his journey in Basse-Vendline in the Jura before traveling to Lucerne. The next day he will travel to Goms VS, Pierrafortscha FR and Les Planchettes NE before making an appearance in Oberbölchen BL.
Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider will also take part in two National Day events. On July 31, she will be in Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen. The next day she will travel to Delley FR in the morning and Tresa TI in the evening.
Guy Parmelin will give his first speech on July 31 in the Valais municipality of Fully. On August 1, the Minister of Economic Affairs will attend the farm brunch at Stüdelihof SO before ending his day in Klosters in Graubünden.