The rocky relationship between Switzerland and the European Union
The Swiss president, Viola Amherd, would like to seal a deal by the end of the year to update relations with the European Union. The bilateral treaty framework between Switzerland and the EU has been continuously developed over the decades, but negotiations collapsed in 2021, when the Swiss government rejected the proposed Swiss-EU institutional framework agreement. Attempts to reach a new agreement foundered over concerns about Swiss sovereignty and the free movement of people agreement, one of... Читать дальше...