Planned talks between Switzerland and the European Union to rebuild ties have been postponed until the end of October after the federal elections at the request of the Swiss government.
This content was published on June 1, 2023
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Since March 2022 Switzerland has been conducting exploratory talks with the EU to rebuild long-term ties. At the end of March 2023 the government announced that the key parameters of a negotiating mandate would be drawn up by the end of June.
The phase of exploratory talks was thus due to come to an end, as confirmed by Switzerland’s top negotiator with the EU, Livia Leu, on Tuesday following her meeting with the European Commission in Brussels.
But Swiss public radio RTS reports that Switzerland has now asked for a delay until the end of October, after the federal…
