He just wants to talk

Ignazio Cassis traveled to Brussels to smooth things over in bilateral relations. The Swiss Foreign Minister’s offer to the Commission is a “political dialogue”. But there are no concrete ideas on how to proceed after the framework agreement is canceled.

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The chemistry seems to be right between Ignazio Cassis and Johannes Hahn. The Swiss Foreign Minister and the Austrian EU Commissioner met for a full two hours on Tuesday for an informal exchange in Brussels. After the negotiations on the institutional framework agreement were broken off two months ago, many at EU headquarters are not really talking about Switzerland. But Hahn tweeted after the meeting that he was happy To see Cassis for a “good and friendly” conversation. It is important to «maintain the basis of trust and continue the dialogue».