The New EU-Swiss Deal: What It Means and the Lessons It Holds for the UK-EU Reset

Summary;

In  December 2024, the European Commission and the Swiss government concluded negotiations on a series of agreements aimed at strengthening their economic ties. If ratified, these agreements would place Swiss participation in the EU single market on a firmer footing. But the deal is significant for another reason: in negotiating it, the Commission established clear conditions for granting privileged single-market access to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), effectively creating a new model for partial integration into the single market. This offered important lessons for the UK as it sought a ‘reset’ of its post-Brexit relations with the EU.

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