10.09.11

[Demission-MCR] For an active Switzerland in Europe – now!

After the demission announcement of federal councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey, young european swiss | yes asks the Federal Council to grant European policy priority. As foreign minister, Calmy-Rey contributed substantially to the deepening of the EU- Swiss relations through static sectoral bilateral treaties over the last decade. History will credit her resolute countering of isolationist rhetoric and her capacity to find popular majorities for an open Switzerland. Yes demands that the Federal Council pursues Calmy-Rey’s “active foreign policy” and paves the way to full EU member- ship.

Micheline Calmy-Rey served as foreign minister for nine years and shaped Swiss foreign and ...

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