Published: March 17th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Will the second attempt work? The President of the Swiss Confederation, Viola Amherd, is coming to Brussels today to mark the restart of negotiations between Switzerland and the EU with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It is a new attempt to create a stable foundation for the complicated bilateral relationship and to secure Swiss access to the EU internal market in the long term. The goal is a package with the so-called institutional issues such as the dynamic adoption of law, dispute settlement and new internal market agreements.