Radical-Liberal delegates meeting in Bern on Saturday elected St. Gallen parliamentarian Susanne Vincenz-Stauffacher and senator Benjamin Mühlemann of Glarus as co-presidents of their party. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The two co-chairs succeed senator Thierry Burkart. In office since October 2021, Burkart will step down as party chair at the end of October and was greeted by delegates with a warm round of applause. Vincenz-Stauffacher and Mühlemann, elected by acclamation, were the only candidates for the party's co-presidency. "We want to take responsibility as a team," said 48-year-old Mühlemann, who was a member of the Glarus cantonal executive since 2014, until his election to the Swiss senate in 2023. + Radical-Liberals back Switzerland-EU accords In their inaugural speeches, both placed the issue of security at the centre. "What do people in this country want more than security?" said 58-year-old Vincenz-Stauffacher, who has been a member of ...
