Switzerland - EU Political education falls short for National Council President

In the opinion of National Council President Eric Nussbaumer, the Federal Council has recently done too little for the political education of the population. "Understanding Europe is not easy," said European politician Nussbaumer in an interview.

Political education must be strengthened in schools and extracurricular education, the SP politician from Basel called in an interview with "Schweiz am Wochenende" published on Saturday.

Specifically, Nussbaumer is concerned with understanding the bilateral path with the European Union. The Swiss electorate will decide on this democratically several times. Europeanization is more complex than one might think and the speed is high, he said.

Switzerland is a country that flits from one referendum to the next. It believes that "campaigns and pros and cons create enough understanding for the European political processes", said the President of the National Council. After a referendum campaign, everything is over again. "We should break this cycle," said Nussbaumer.

In the past, the European politician has spoken out in favor of Switzerland moving closer to the European Union. Nussbaumer is President of the European Movement Switzerland.

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