This year, no member of the Swiss Federal Council will give a speech at the August 1 celebrations on the Rütli meadow in canton Uri. +Sign up to get the most important news from Switzerland directly in your inbox Traditionally, a member from the Swiss Federal Council makes an appearance on the Rütli meadow in canton Uri during the August 1 celebrations. However, according to Swiss Newspaper, SonntagsZeitung, members from the Swiss People's Party and the Radical-Liberal Party either cancelled, were asked too late, or not at all. Albert Rösti, from the Swiss People’s Party, has a busy schedule with seven appearances. Karin Keller-Sutter from the Radical-Liberal Party will address Swiss nationals abroad during the bank holidays in New York. Guy Parmelin, from the Swiss People’s Party, did not receive an invitation and also has a full diary. The Swiss Society for the Common Good, which oversees the Rütli meadow, is not concerned about the absence of a Federal Council member this year.
