The EU ambassador to Switzerland, Petros Mavromichalis, sees further room for negotiation following the conclusion of exploratory talks between Switzerland and the EU.
The present declaration is not a binding international agreement, he added.
"We have to stay within this framework", Mavromichalis said of the 12-page document. During future negotiations, it will no longer be possible to re-discuss everything that doesn’t suit either side. “Otherwise, we would have wasted our time,” said the diplomat. “But individual points can always be improved,” he told Swiss public broadcaster SRF. ...