Center for Security Studies

No. 81: Switzerland and the EU

No. 81: Switzerland and the EU

Challenges and Uncertainties of Bilateralism

Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 81
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

Switzerland is under pressure to transform its relations with the EU into a bilateral association model resembling the European Economic Area. Even as a non-member, Switzerland finds it difficult to escape the dynamics of legislation in the EU. This again raises the fundamental question of how the Swiss should shape their relations with the EU. The pros and cons of membership ought to be assessed no longer just from the perspective of Swiss economic interests in Europe but also in the broader context of how to safeguard Swiss interests globally.

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