Former Swiss minister slams government 'silence' on EU deal

Former Swiss government minister Ruth Dreifuss says the current government has shown a lack of leadership on the issue of relations with the European Union. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "At the time of the Bilaterals I and II, there was strong leadership from the Federal Council to push them through," she told the newspaper Le Temps. She no longer has this impression today, saying the government is not fulfilling its role on the European issue. She went on to say that she "deeply regretted" this development. Dreifuss was head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs from 1993 to 2002. + Switzerland reaches new deal with European Union 'Hesitation on priorities' Minutes of Federal Council meetings from 1994, which were published on January 1, 2025, show a hesitant attitude on the part of the executive after the "no" to the European Economic Area at the end of 1992, as Le Temps wrote. Ruth Dreifuss, a member of the Federal Council at the time, spoke of ...