{"id":43234,"date":"2026-04-02T03:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/43234\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T03:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:09:55","slug":"european-parliament-wants-to-ratify-swiss-agreement-this-year-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/43234\/","title":{"rendered":"European parliament wants to ratify Swiss agreement this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775059870_342_f3a9f7565bae9d45a3e58d4a59f83399a19260db-91195669.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"The European Parliament wants to ratify the Switzerland-EU agreement this year\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                The European Parliament wants to ratify the Switzerland-EU agreement this year            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        The European and Swiss parliaments want to move quickly on the updated bilateral agreement. Brussels intends to ratify this year, said EU lawmaker Bernd Lange, who is leading a European delegation to Bern.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        April 1, 2026 &#8211; 15:45\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Switzerland, parliamentary discussions on ratification are due to begin in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will certainly ratify the agreement this year\u201d, said the chairman of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on International Trade, Lange. \u201cI think it will go very quickly. And so far I haven\u2019t heard any critical voices in parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-politics\/the-swiss-eu-bilateral-treaty-updates-explained\/88790104\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+ Swiss-EU bilateral treaty updates explained<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Switzerland, debates are due to start in September in the Senate. Senator Carlo Sommaruga told Keystone-ATS that work is being prepared in line with this timetable. <\/p>\n<p>Join the debate: <\/p>\n<p>In the House of Representatives, it is not yet clear whether the debates will take place in December or March 2027, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the committee responsible for the dossier took part in the meeting between the Swiss and European parliamentary delegations. Both sides reiterated the need to strengthen ties in the current geopolitical context.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775059870_862_af28d325edffab11d212db22e16ccc4969f8f2e4-91022601.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Bilateral agreement signed by Guy Parmelin and Ursula von der Leyen\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss diplomacy\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Switzerland, EU sign package of agreements to strengthen ties    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Mar 2, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Swiss President Guy Parmelin and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, signed a package of accords in Brussels on Monday designed to strengthen bilateral relations.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-diplomacy\/bilateral-agreement-signed-by-guy-parmelin-and-ursula-von-der-leyen\/91022685\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Switzerland, EU sign package of agreements to strengthen ties<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translated from German by AI\/mga<\/p>\n<p>                How we work            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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