DAVOS - President Guy Parmelin opened Switzerland's host week at the World Economic Forum on Monday with a line federal councillors have used before: the country sells reliability in a loud room. About 2,500 participants had begun to fill hotels between Dorf and Platz. Snow was adequate. The temperature was not a story.
Swiss officials scheduled bilateral talks that are harder to arrange in Bern. EU relations, Alpine transit and the post-Credit Suisse bank sat in those diaries. The main hall talked about growth and security, as it does most years.
A week, not a doctrine
Nobody in the Swiss delegation expected Davos to settle the UBS capital fight or the EU package. The point is to leave with appointments. Coverage of the working week continues in our Tuesday report.