Spokesperson Eric Mamer indicated that the new Swiss negotiator on the draft framework agreement with the EU, Livia Leu, first had “contact” with the European Commission and Stéphanie Riso, President Ursula von der Leyen’s [deputy] head of cabinet, on Thursday, 21 January.
Appointed at the end of 2020 to replace Roberto Balzarreti (who had conducted the negotiations on the framework agreement with the Juncker team), the new negotiator has the task of revitalising this framework...