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CVP President Gerhard Pfister has spoken out against the framework agreement with the EU. “For years, all parties have been reluctant to be the first to say that he was dead,” Tages-Anzeiger told the Zürcher on Tuesday.
The EU framework agreement has never existed, he said. The result of renegotiations without substantial improvements for Switzerland is insufficient.
“At last we have to talk about the fundamental problem: sovereignty. The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the framework agreement is toxic ”, emphasized the leader of the CVP party. It cannot be that a unilateral European court decides on the relationship between the EU and a non-member, Pfister continued.
He also criticized the framework agreement with the EU as the Federal Council’s big lie. Members of the Federal Council believed for too long that everything could be fixed somehow, the 57-year-old Zug emphasized to the “Tages-Anzeiger”.
Extension of the free movement of persons
When it comes to wage protection, Switzerland will find a solution with the EU if the previous level of protection can be guaranteed, Pfister was convinced. ‘The biggest stumbling block is the Union Citizens Directive. This would effectively integrate Switzerland into the EU, “he said.
This directive expands the idea of free movement of people, he said about it. This gave EU citizens the right to social benefits and pensions that they would hardly have paid, the CVP president said. She had serious doubts about whether the EU would be willing to adapt to Switzerland. “It is quite possible that the EU will conclude that the deal is dead,” Pfister said.
Sommaruga’s exchange with Von der Leyen
After the clear no from Swiss voters on Sunday to restrict immigration, Federal President Simonetta Sommaruga telephoned EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday.
Sommaruga informed the President of the EU Council that the Swiss had once again accepted the free movement of people and had confirmed their willingness to continue bilaterally. The spokesman for the Federal Council, André Simonazzi, announced it on Twitter.
Von der Leyen congratulated her on the result of the vote. “I asked the Federal Council to quickly reach a conclusion of the framework agreement,” he wrote on Twitter. She reiterated that the EU was ready for clarification.
