Swiss president: Switzerland-EU talks will take time

Negotiations between Switzerland and the European Union on a framework agreement for bilateral relations are likely to take time, as the government is still discussing the position it will take in talks with the EU, Swiss President Alain Berset said on Sunday. Berset, speaking to the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, also pointed out that Foreign Affairs Minister Ignazio Cassis came to office in late October last year. He said Cassis would present the government with proposals “soon” on Swiss-EU policy.  This view of a timeframe contrasts with that of the EU, which wants a framework agreement quickly. But Berset told the German-language newspaper that Switzerland would not be “pressured”.  + Read more about Switzerland’s relations with the EU Asked about the fact that EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and French President Emmanuel Macron will apparently not be meeting him at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, Berset said that was not serious because, “Swiss policy ...