The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Swiss Confederation, Viola Amherd, launched, on Monday 18 March in Brussels, negotiations on a new package of measures aimed at deepening and broadening relations between the European Union and Switzerland.
The two women met in Brussels as the two parties had successively adopted their negotiating mandates on 8 and 12 March(see EUROPE B13369A2) to negotiate new market access agreements and provide the...