{"id":1473,"date":"2014-02-04T13:05:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T11:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/?page_id=1473"},"modified":"2017-03-05T13:12:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T12:12:38","slug":"council-of-europe-and-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe-and-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland &#038; CoE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CoE-CH.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3267 alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CoE-CH.jpg\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CoE-CH.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CoE-CH-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CoE-CH-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CoE-CH-560x391.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CoE-CH-260x181.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CoE-CH-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Switzerland joined the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe\/\" title=\"Council of Europe\">Council of Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in 1963 after extensive and heated discussions about the subject of neutrality. <\/p>\n<p>Ever since then, the country has been an active participant at all levels of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Swiss artist <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hofstetter-marketing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gerry Hofstetter<\/a><\/strong><\/em> projected a specially designed light-show onto the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe\/looking_back\/\" title=\"Looking back\">Palais de l\u2019Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on the eve of 18. November 2009, when Switzerland started its six months turn <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe-and-switzerland\/swiss-chairmanship\/\" title=\"Swiss Chairmanship\" target=\"_blank\">chairing the Committee of Ministers<\/a><\/em><\/strong> of the Council of Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switzerland joined the Council of Europe in 1963 after extensive and heated discussions about the subject of neutrality. Ever since then, the country has been an active participant at all levels of the organisation. Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter projected a specially designed light-show onto the Palais de l\u2019Europe on the eve of 18. 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