PhD Student in Political Science at the University of Bern / Public Opinion / Politicization / Swiss-EU Relations 🇪🇺🇨🇭 / EU Politicshttps://bsky.app/profile/goodmirco.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodmirco.bsky.social/post/3m5e6iydmhc2yVery interesting paper — and highly relevant to current Swiss politics. 📮 Swiss voters will decide on a 50% inheritance tax for bequests exceeding CHF 50 million (only the portion above 50 million would be taxed) on 30.11.2025. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Nov 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:4dhcwn67ovy33m7wghpkxghb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5e6iydmhc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodmirco.bsky.social/post/3lwvwjcwucs25A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.7000721 Aug 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:4dhcwn67ovy33m7wghpkxghb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvwjcwucs25https://bsky.app/profile/goodmirco.bsky.social/post/3llsvurbwhk2zPost 1: Introduction Do Swiss voters want closer ties with the EU? 🇨🇭🇪🇺 We asked voters if they support the new 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement that extends existing bilateral agreements – and how important good EU relations are to them. We also included two survey experiments. Curious what they said? 👇 (1/11)02 Apr 2025 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:4dhcwn67ovy33m7wghpkxghb/app.bsky.feed.post/3llsvurbwhk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodmirco.bsky.social/post/3lg6ttw7qlc2gThis Trump speech is scary. Another moment of great polarization.20 Jan 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:4dhcwn67ovy33m7wghpkxghb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6ttw7qlc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/goodmirco.bsky.social/post/3l3fiosslrw2mPrime science communication with a clear message! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2024 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:4dhcwn67ovy33m7wghpkxghb/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3fiosslrw2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodmirco.bsky.social/post/3l3b4ljctrt2tSwitzerland might soonish vote on a popular initiative on an inheritance tax of 50%, with the first 50mil tax free. The super wealthy are already threatening to leave. Maybe we should not give this too much weight – even if Zug and other tax haven places cannot be described as vibrant places. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2024 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:4dhcwn67ovy33m7wghpkxghb/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3b4ljctrt2t