The ‘no’ of the Swiss people 30 years ago was a historically wrong decision. In the years that followed, access to the internal market was partly secured again with the bilateral agreements.
However, the bilateral agreements were increasingly eroded. Relations with the EU are like a cauldron full of holes. Switzerland cannot move forward with patchwork alone. Needs a new boiler now. And that’s for the Green Liberals of the EEA.
He questions the Bundesrat’s plan to secure the bilateral path again with the follow-up negotiations on the framework agreement. The state government investigates Brussels, gets caught up in details and gets nowhere. “We are stuck in a dead end,” says Grossen.
With the EEA, Switzerland would have a quick and lasting solution. It has been negotiated and covers the entire internal market beyond the bilateral agreements. One can make mistakes. But you also have to be willing to correct them when the time comes.
(SDA)