Defence minister to give Geneva lecture on EU bilateral deal

Martin Pfister will be at UNIGE to discuss bilateral agreements Keystone-SDA

Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister will give a public lecture at the University of Geneva on Wednesday on the new package of bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the European Union.

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The consultation procedure on these agreements has just been completed, with the right-wing Swiss People’s Party rejecting them outright while the other parties are calling for adjustments.

Pfister will review the issues at stake in these new bilateral agreements. He will analyse the political, economic and strategic implications of these agreements. US customs duties will also be discussed.

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The conference will be followed by a round-table discussion with René Schwok, honorary professor in the department of political science and international relations; parliamentarian Mauro Poggia; Andreas Künne, EU Ambassador to Switzerland; and Katja Gentinetta, political philosopher. Le Temps journalist Frédéric Koller will moderate the debates.

Translated from French by DeepL/ts

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