Senior Vice President: Christoph Blocher Announces Retirement From Politics

“The forces are falling”: Blocher announces his retirement from politics

SVP superdad Christoph Blocher celebrates his 80th birthday on Sunday. Age leaves no mark on the eternal figure of the Sünneli party.

«I feel that my strength is weakening. On memory ”, says the former Federal Council in an excerpt from an interview published beforehand on Twitter with SRF-“ 10vor10 ”. He really wants to retire from politics now. It hardly interferes with day-to-day business. The boys would have to take over now. “This is a new era that is coming.” He did so at the company. He had completely withdrawn and said, “Now go, done.”

According to the SRF reporter, he also says that the SVP will not launch any other EU initiatives in the near future. Until now, Blocher’s office at his place of residence in Herrliberg has been the unofficial party headquarters of the SVP. More recently, Blocher has elevated Chiesa, the new vice president of the presidency, to the presidency.

Blocher has come under increasing criticism recently. Even within the party. The discussion about the retirement pension, which the old Federal Council later claimed in July, has had lasting damage. Christoph Blocher torments us until we drop back down to ten percent. I should finally let it go. But he can’t do it, ”a SVP national advisor recently told CH Media.

Now Blocher wants to take it easy. Because you know the peculiarities of older people. “Stubbornness, for example. You have to set the course on time, ”continues Blocher.

In the interview, Blocher also talks about his death. You have to stay humble. “That sometimes stops and it doesn’t mean that life goes on and on.”

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