Swiss president calls for less elitist thinking at WEF

In her opening speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Tuesday, Viola Amherd appealed to global leaders to restore lost trust. Amherd thus drew on the motto of this year’s WEF – “rebuilding trust” – which she said was not just a nice phrase but a blunt sign that mutual trust in the global community is in a bad way. “Parts of the population distrust all of us who are gathered here,” Amherd said in Davos. She appealed to the responsibility of attendees to restore trust by ensuring rules to guarantee open and transparent exchange, the reaching of compromises and reliability. + Who’s who at WEF, and what it tells us about the world Amherd addressed not only states, but also organisations in the multilateral system. Everyone must prevent power politics from destroying the foundations of life, she said. Real progress in ecological transformation is thus urgently needed. Ultimately, however, agreements must also be implemented, as this is the only way to create trust. “Many of you...