Klaus Schwab wants to keep the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. He argued in an interview with the NZZ that a neutral platform is needed in neutral Switzerland. In his view, the WEF property in Cologny, near Geneva, ought to be transferred to public ownership. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The man who stepped down as Chair of the World Economic Forum (WEF) a year ago is proposing to transfer the valuable plot of land at the WEF headquarters to the public sector in return for a lifelong right of use, thereby removing it from property speculation. “It is important to me that the Forum and the foundation I set up remain connected to their purpose and to Switzerland,” he said in an interview with the Saturday edition of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He also wanted to prevent the World Economic Forum from being relocated to Singapore or the United States someday. “If the future management of the foundation feels committed to Switzerland, I see no reason at …