Diana Wallis - Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber

Euro MP delight with referendum result but 'Swiss still need rethink on EU relations'

8.25.01pm BST (GMT +0100) Sun 25th Sep 2005

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As results from today's referendum in Switzerland on the extension of the labour accord with the European Union to the ten new EU member states clearly showed a Yes vote, Diana Wallis MEP, President of the European Parliament's delegation to Switzerland, said:

"I am delighted with the result; it edges Switzerland yet closer to the EU."

"It marks a significant watershed in Swiss-EU relations and it is arguable that the bilateral route is now exhausted, certainly a fundamental think is needed on the Swiss side about what comes next; if indeed anything. For the EU, this whole relationship with a non-member state albeit a much respected one, is perhaps becoming over burdensome."

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