Bi­lat­eral re­la­tions be­tween Switzer­land and the EU: the foun­da­tions for ne­go­ti­a­tions are laid

Reg­u­lated re­la­tions and legal cer­tainty in the re­la­tion­ship with the EU are es­sen­tial for the econ­omy. economiesu­isse there­fore sup­ports the Fed­eral Coun­cil's pack­age ap­proach to sta­bilise and fur­ther de­velop the bi­lat­eral way with the EU. Suf­fi­cient progress has now been made in the ex­ploratory talks that have been on­go­ing since April 2022 to allow ne­go­ti­a­tions to begin. economiesu­isse wel­comes the fact that the Fed­eral Coun­cil has now com­mu­ni­cated a bind­ing timetable for draw­ing up the ne­go­ti­at­ing man­date. It in­tends to de­cide whether to ac­cept the man­date be­fore the end of the year. The busi­ness com­mu­nity con­tin­ues to sup­port the Fed­eral Coun­cil in its en­deav­ours to se­cure and fur­ther de­velop the suc­cess­ful model of the bi­lat­eral ap­proach with the "Bi­lat­er­als III".