The Swiss foreign minister Micheline Calmy-Rey believes it is "very realistic" that negotiations on the second set of Swiss bilateral agreements with the European Union could be concluded by December.
She met with the Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini on Monday (8 September) in Rome.
Bern has been negotiating with the EU for more than a year to become an associate member of both the Schengen and the Dublin agreements on crime and asylum.
The Swiss foreign minister is...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.