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MINSK, 20 December (BelTA) – Historian and political analyst from Switzerland Sébastien Chazaud told the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA's YouTube channel whether people in Switzerland know much about BRICS.
According to Sébastien Chazaud, people in Switzerland are getting increasingly interested in learning more about BRICS. They look for information, but if they only go to the big media, they don't see a lot of information about it there. Plus, they are preoccupied by other issues.
“Switzerland is a small country in the middle of Europe. The economic agenda now is dominated by the negotiations with the European Union, because Switzerland is a little bit special, it's not a member of the European Union. It applied for membership of the European Economic Community in 1992,
but the people voted against it,” he remarked.
“And now surveys show that the Swiss people don't want to be part of the European Union, but they are in favor of the bilateral path. So it means that Switzerland and the European Union have to make negotiations. The communication between Switzerland and the European Union has been complicated since 2009. Negotiations have resumed this year. And the most contentious issues are the free movement of persons and the Switzerland contribution to the EU fund. It means how much Switzerland has to pay for access to the European Union internal market. And it seems that Ms. Von der Leyen is very annoyed by some of Switzerland’s demands. This topic is the country’s biggest concern now,” the expert continued.
And it became more complicated for the country to deal with China, South Africa or with Russia.
According to Sébastien Chazaud, people in Switzerland are getting increasingly interested in learning more about BRICS. They look for information, but if they only go to the big media, they don't see a lot of information about it there. Plus, they are preoccupied by other issues.
“Switzerland is a small country in the middle of Europe. The economic agenda now is dominated by the negotiations with the European Union, because Switzerland is a little bit special, it's not a member of the European Union. It applied for membership of the European Economic Community in 1992,
but the people voted against it,” he remarked.
“And now surveys show that the Swiss people don't want to be part of the European Union, but they are in favor of the bilateral path. So it means that Switzerland and the European Union have to make negotiations. The communication between Switzerland and the European Union has been complicated since 2009. Negotiations have resumed this year. And the most contentious issues are the free movement of persons and the Switzerland contribution to the EU fund. It means how much Switzerland has to pay for access to the European Union internal market. And it seems that Ms. Von der Leyen is very annoyed by some of Switzerland’s demands. This topic is the country’s biggest concern now,” the expert continued.
And it became more complicated for the country to deal with China, South Africa or with Russia.
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