A force to be reckoned with: Pascale Bruderer, Switzerland's lower parliamentary house speaker, is not only part of the country's first ever ruling female triumvirate, she is also one of the youngest house speakers to ever have taken seat. Swiss News' Julia Hancock had a chance to chat with her in Bern halfway through her term.

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A force to be reckoned with: Pascale Bruderer, Switzerland's lower parliamentary house speaker, is not only part of the country's first ever ruling female triumvirate, she is also one of the youngest house speakers to ever have taken seat. Swiss News' Julia Hancock had a chance to chat with her in Bern halfway through her term.

I had allowed myself plenty of time to reach my meeting with Bruderer. Previous experience of politicians had taught me to be generous with time. Security checks, protective press corps and generally self-important politicians made any interview a complicated and time-consuming issue.

Despite missing the early train I had originally planned to take, I arrived in the capital with enough time to spare. Quickly receiving my pass, I entered the federal parliament building that is home to the lower and upper chambers, ...

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