Published on 13 June 2025

Package Switzerland-EU

Both Switzerland and the EU are interested in maintaining smooth and orderly relations. For Switzerland, tailored participation in the EU single market is important; for the EU, the integrity of its single market and equal rules for all participants are essential. This balance can be achieved with the Swiss–EU package. Like the Bilaterals I and II, this package comprises a number of thematic elements, including new agreements and institutional solutions. Negotiations based on the package approach began in mid-March 2024. The substantive conclusion was reached in December 2024, followed by a formal conclusion in May 2025 with the initialling in Bern. In June 2025, the Federal Council approved the agreements with the EU and opened the consultation process. The parliamentary phase begins once the consultation process has been completed and the dispatch has been submitted to Parliament.