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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…
#EUSwiss #EFTA #InstA

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)
#InstA

Other topics are:

- The EU-UK trade deal #TCA and whether there is any scope for UK cooperation with Switzerland and the EFTA-EEA states
- The role of the EU Court of Justice and if it can be accused of “judicial activism”, also considering challenges in Germany, France, Poland

Prof. Baudenbacher also discusses:

- The future of EFTA-EEA (can it become a home for Denmark, Sweden or Finland or even for the “Balkan six”?)
- The “#Icesave” ruling by the EFTA Court in 2013, something which goes to the heart of fractional reserve banking

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