Swiss Review 4/2021

Swiss Review / August 2021 / No.4 13 go to Japan with my friends to discover the culture as I’m a fan of Manga and Japanese cartoons. Regarding the big questions of the future, there is of course global warming. I make small efforts at my own level: I recycle my waste, I don’t waste electricity. But for me, we are missing real joint action. In any case, we need to stop using nuclear energy, to avoid polluting the ground for life, and we need to find clean energies instead. Would I become involved in politics? I don’t campaign for anything at the moment, but why not, one day! INTERVIEW BY STÉPHANE HERZOG Voting at 16? Yes, I’d do that. But you need to be able to look at the wider picture, and not all young people have a clear enough vision of the world for that. That said, there are a lot of votes held on subjects which con- cern young people more than the old. For the climate, having the right to vote at 16 would be useful. The same for pesticides. This theme was really promi- nent on social media. We would have had enough information to vote. The disadvantage would perhaps be that it pushes young people to grow up into the adult world too quickly. Swiss politics? I don’t understand a lot of it. It’s a huge muddle for such a little country, with the three levels of political decisions. Out of the leaders, I know the name of Alain Berset, who has been very much to the fore in recent months. I’ve also heard a lot about the Maudet affair at home, but I didn’t really under- stand the implications and I haven’t read anything neutral about it. So I don’t have an opinion on that topic. I don’t look at the media a lot, apart from the ar- ticles that we read at school to learn how to debate. We did this on the topic of purchasing fighter planes, for example. I use Instagram a lot; I follow content creators. My hopes for the world? First of all, I’d like the virus to stop! Then there is the question of global warming. The need to act is urgent, but it’s not too late. I marched for that. The authorities need to organise the energy transition. My personal dreams are focused on classical music, which I’ve been learning to play since I was little. Learning an instrument is athe preserve of a certain so- cial class. I would like more disadvantaged people to be able to have this op- portunity as well. Music will be a part of my life as an adult. I’ll live in town and I’ll have children. Those are the things I want most. As for my fears, I worry about the climate getting out of balance. That’s frightening. Artificial intelligence also perhaps represents a danger to human employment. We live in a time where job security is no longer guaranteed. INTERVIEW BY STÉPHANE HERZOG Cléo Perret *2005, is in her first year of high school in Geneva, in a class with a music option. She plays classical piano and dances. would perhaps be to first give the right to vote at a com- munal level. For referendums and national elections, I think we would need more in-depth information. At the level of local politics, I think the commune should listen more to the views of young people. The opening of a skatepark in Martigny recently is a good thing. But it took 15 years to happen! During Covid-19, if it was raining, there was nowhere to go to meet up with your friends. We need to create spaces for young people. My future? I’d like to have a house and a family in Mar- tigny. I have another dream, more short-term: I’d like to