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The EU's relationship with Switzerland is not a finely tuned machine (Photo: Andy2580)

EU to Switzerland: 'Where are we going with this relationship?'

European Union foreign ministers have issued a tough-worded warning to Switzerland that its relationship with the bloc is dysfunctional and must be radically changed.

There is no overarching framework for the relationship between the EU and the mountainous republic situated in the middle of the bloc but unbendingly outside its strictures. Instead, the two have a series of some 120 sector-by-sector agreements, a situation the EU foreign ministers on Tuesday described as "unwieldy", "inco...

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The EU's relationship with Switzerland is not a finely tuned machine (Photo: Andy2580)

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