Balthasar Glättli is stepping down as president of Switzerland's Green Party.
The Zurich politician will not be standing for re-election on April 6, he announced on Tuesday on Swiss public broadcaster SRF. The reason: his party's defeat in last month's federal elections.
"I am the face of this defeat", he declared, as the Greens lost five seats on the House of Representatives. The party, he said, "deserves" a "fresh start" with a "new face".
Although Glättli said he "wasn't the only one who got it wrong", he felt he could no longer "shine" for his party, comparing himself to a street lamp, shining up and down. ...