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by Soeren Kern • November 29,
2018 at 5:00 am
- The EU has now
increased the pressure by resorting to blackmail: Brussels is
making its recognition of Switzerland's SIX Swiss Exchange,
the fourth-largest stock market in Europe, contingent on Swiss
acceptance of the framework agreement.
- The measure was
opposed by a coalition of Swiss business groups, which
convincingly argued that it was a question of economics and
access to international markets for the export-dependent
country. "Ultimately, it is about maintaining prosperity
in Switzerland and keeping the companies and jobs here,"
said Monika Rühl, director of the business group
Economiesuisse.
- "The SVP
rejects a one-sided submission to EU institutions, aimed at
establishing an institutional connection of Switzerland to the
EU apparatus, with a dynamic EU legal takeover and,
ultimately, the subordination of Switzerland to the EU Court
of Justice. A dynamic adoption of EU law would be another
massive erosion of our direct democracy." — Swiss
People's Party.
(Image
source: iStock)
Swiss voters have resoundingly rejected a referendum
calling for the Swiss Constitution to take precedence over
international treaties and law.
Two-thirds (66.2%) of voters in the November 25
referendum opposed the "self-determination" initiative, put
forward by the eurosceptic Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische
Volkspartei, SVP), the largest party in the Swiss parliament.
SVP leaders had argued that the new law was
necessary to safeguard national sovereignty from further
encroachment by supranational organizations such as the European
Union and the United Nations.
The Swiss government countered that the proposal
would undermine Switzerland's economic stability as it would
require Bern to amend existing bilateral agreements with the EU,
the country's largest trade partner, to bring them into compliance
with the Swiss Constitution.
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