Switzerland - EU Ignazio Cassis meets Maros Sefcovic on Wednesday in Bern

Switzerland's negotiations with the EU are apparently close to being concluded: next Wednesday, Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis will meet the Vice-President of the EU Commission, Maros Sefcovic, in Bern.

This was announced by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) on Friday on X. There has been speculation about the meeting in various media over the past few days. It is eagerly awaited as it heralds the final phase of negotiations between Switzerland and the EU.

The meeting should actually have taken place in the summer. However, it was then canceled at short notice because the negotiating positions were apparently still too far apart.

Next Wednesday's talks between Cassis and Sefcovic are likely to focus in particular on the amount of the cohesion contribution. This is what Switzerland pays the EU for its partial access to the European single market.

SDA