Talk:Switzerland–European Union relations

"Yes to Europe!" initiative
I think I read on wikipedia - hope not in a previous version of this article, that the Swiss government while supportive of more EU ties, advised people to reject this referendum due to some technical matter? If so, the mention, given to imply overwhelming rejection of membership, is misleading. Aryah (talk) 02:43, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Has Switzerland rejected EU laws?
It is written "changes in EU law will only apply after a joint bilateral commission decides so in consensus". Has Switzerland ever rejected EU laws through this commission? It is said that Norway has a similar possibiliy but has not used it since the EU can cancel the EEA treaty. The EU can also cancel the Switzerland treaties (Guillotine Clause). --BIL (talk) 08:13, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

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New article?
Any else think that there should be an article titled "Accession of Switzerland to the European Union", I know, they might not be intrested right now, but neither is Iceland. Charles Essie (talk) 17:11, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * No, because there is no ongoing process in Switzerland to apply for membership. Iceland has applied and is a candidate country and does have a negotiation process active, even if very little is happening right now.--BIL (talk) 17:58, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Nothing is happening right now as far as Iceland moving forward with negotiations to join the EU is concerned. The 2017 GE there ushered in a coalition whose members all oppose UE membership.  Boscaswell   talk  00:20, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Links
>> EU warns Switzerland all treaties will be reviewed after anti-immigration vote(Lihaas (talk) 15:58, 11 February 2014 (UTC)).

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Swiss banking access to the EU single market for [financial] services.
I read somewhere but can't find it again that, because CH (like EFTA) does not have access to the single market for services - especially that for financial services - the major Swiss banks have to have a second 'base' in an EU member state and be subject to that state's banking regulation and reserve requirements, if they wish to sell to EU customers. Can anyone supply a citation? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:23, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

EU cohesion contribution
I suggest that the article should include some of the information from http://www.swissinfo.ch/directdemocracy/swiss-set-to-apply-payments-to-new-eu-members/6327578 - https://www.eda.admin.ch/erweiterungsbeitrag/en/home/the-swiss-contribution/legal-basis/federal-law.html - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/deea20080618_32/deea20080618_32EN.pdf Alekksandr (talk) 20:52, 19 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Now done. Alekksandr (talk) 18:27, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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Typo in "Trade" section
In "Trade" section we read "Switzerland accounts for 5.2% of the EU's imports" which does not make sense to me because Switzerland is not part of the EU. I think there is a typo and "imports" should read "exports", which would make sense.

Veterinary annex
, first of all great username for someone working on articles related to Milton Keynes. Regarding the veterinary annex: the main problem is that the bilateral agreements have many many annexes, and this one is of no particular notability in the CHF-EU relations. A dedicated sub-section in the § Treaties section is pretty difficult to justify imo. JBchrch  talk  14:05, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, the name is a reference to a fairly common misunderstanding of the etymology of MK, though I've not seen it now for quite some time.
 * In any other circumstances, I would agree totally that the section is undue and support its removal. The problem is that just now it is topical because of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
 * I think I can see a compromise: the current article Common Veterinary Area is an obvious WP:AFD candidate since right now it is unashamedly WP:ADVOCACY, with zero content that actually relates to its overt purpose. So how about we copy/paste (with attribution of course) the material that is currently in this article to that article? Then we just need a residual hook here to link to it (and update the NIP article accordingly). I think we would need something more here than just a See Also entry though. Any suggestions? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:10, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I shall assume that silence signifies assent and open a wp:section move, see next. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 10:35, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the silence . I support the move proposal and will think of an appropriate hook I can propose to you. JBchrch   talk  12:58, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Probably the easiest place for the hook is Bilateral I agreements (signed 1999, in effect 1 June 2002): Agricultural products, the difficult bit it is to find a succinct and proportionate wording for it. (I don't think that See Also would be appropriate). --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:59, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Section move proposal
I propose that the sections Veterinary annex be moved to Common Veterinary Area. The section is too detailed for this article (ref discussion above), whereas the intended target is seriously deficient. John Maynard Friedman (talk) 10:35, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Per nom and discussion above. JBchrch   talk  12:56, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

"Comparisons" table : remove 'Ethnic groups'
I propose to remove this line as it is unhelpful, mostly uncited, and just attracts POV edits. Is there any good reason why it should stay? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 12:01, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Swiss President and Vice President
The Swiss President and Vice President are outdated. Luke99108 (talk) 16:19, 17 March 2022 (UTC)