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Check out the fourth episode of the Brussels Report Podcast!

This time, our guest is former EFTA Court President and Swiss legal scholar Carl Baudenbacher @C_Baudenbacher:
brusselsreport.eu/2021/05/28/the…
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In this podcast, he discusses the EU-Swiss relationship and what is the way forward. The podcast was recorded just before EU-Swiss negotiations on a new “Framework Agreement” failed, something which Professor Baudenbacher discussed here in more detail: brusselsreport.eu/2021/05/27/why…
During the podcast discussion, Professor @C_Baudenbacher comments: "How should an old democracy and successful economy like Switzerland accept submitting itself to the top court of the other side?" (referring to the ECJ)
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"Why did EU-Swiss negotiations on a Framework Agreement fail?"

New article, by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. @C_Baudenbacher, President of the EFTA Court between 2003 and 2017, an independent consultant and arbitrator
brusselsreport.eu/2021/05/27/why…
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"After much agony, the seven-year long negotiations between the EU and Switzerland on the conclusion of a framework agreement have ended without result. In line with Brussels’ spin, public opinion tends to put the blame on the Swiss. But the matter is not that simple."
"In 1992, a narrow majority of the Swiss people and a clear majority of the cantons said no to Switzerland’s accession to the EEA Agreement. After that, the EU concluded two packages of bilateral agreements with Switzerland"
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