Switzerland ready to negotiate its rapprochement with the EU. Switzerland adopted a negotiating mandate on Friday to move closer to the European Union.
Negotiations will begin “probably during the month of March” when the European Commission itself has obtained the green light from the European Council. But the new project does not suit either the Democratic Union of the Center, the radical right which strengthened its position as Switzerland's leading party following the parliamentary elections in October. The other parties and the employers, as well as the cantons, on the other hand, are more positive.