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Switzerland's border regions write to the Commission
September 2019On 2 September, the leaders of nine Swiss border regions sent a letter to the President of the European Commission in which they expressed their concerns about the state of the relationship between the European Union and Switzerland. They fear that a rejection in a referendum of the framework agreement would undermine the basis of the bilateral treaties – with adverse economic consequences for the border regions.
The letter recalls the importance of the "cross-border ties" "that have forged our regions".
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