In contrast, negotiations are well advanced on most other bilateral issues, the Swiss government wrote in a statement on Wednesday. In particular, substantial progress had been made on institutional issues and state aid.
At its meeting, the governing Federal Council held an in-depth discussion on the status of the talks with Brussels. Contrary to speculation in media reports in the run-up to the meeting, it did not take a decision on the amount Switzerland has to pay as cohesion contribution.
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The Swiss are deeply divided over relations with the EU
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Despite little enthusiasm for the European Union, the Swiss consider the bilateral agreements with Brussels to be important.
The government also did not specify a date for the conclusion of the talks with the EU. A new assessment will be made in due course, it said. The responsible ministers of the EU member states recently confirmed at a meeting in mid-October that they hoped for a result by the end of the year.
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