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Swiss president: 'Membership should be long-term goal'

The complexity of being surrounded by the EU has prompted the Swiss President Joseph Deiss to back his country’s membership of the Union.

"I am convinced that accession is the goal we should have in the long term", Mr Deiss told Le Matin yesterday.

Disagreements over banking secrecy and problems with open borders policy have created tension in the EU-Swiss relationship - rekindling the question of EU membership.

"This question, essential for the future of our country, has ...

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The Swiss president and head of economic affairs chooses the EU path (Photo: EVD/DFE)

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