{"id":98381,"date":"2021-05-18T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/accesso-al-mercato-ue-se-serve-alla-competitivita-elvetica\/"},"modified":"2021-05-26T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:13:35","slug":"eu-market-access-if-it-serves-swiss-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/eu-market-access-if-it-serves-swiss-competitiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"“EU market access if it serves Swiss competitiveness”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“EU market access if it serves Swiss competitiveness”<\/h1>\n

The Swiss Arts and Crafts Union has formulated a series of specific and comprehensive proposals aimed at overcoming the stalemate in negotiations with Brussels<\/em><\/h3>\n

Swiss companies are fundamentally committed to access to the European Union’s internal market. At a press conference, however, the Swiss Arts and Crafts Union made it clear that it must be aimed at increasing the country’s competitiveness.
\nIt must not be accompanied by the adoption of costly European regulations and the abandonment of Swiss strength and sovereignty. Maintaining and strengthening international competitiveness must remain the primary objective.
\nThe USAM has developed a list of demands to achieve this goal, even without an institutional framework agreement.
\nFabio Regazzi, PPD National Councillor and President of the Swiss Arts and Crafts Union, believes that the current draft of the institutional framework agreement is inadequate to maintain the competitiveness of the Confederation. The business community, but also some Cantons, were in fact critical of some elements of the agreement even at an early stage.<\/p>\n

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Fabio Regazzi, President of the Swiss Union of Arts and Crafts (USAM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The controversial points and the red line of the negotiations are easily identifiable: the role of the European Court of Justice in resolving disputes, the accompanying measures for the protection of the labor market, the directive on the rights of EU citizens, the state aid regime and the so-called “guillotine clause”.
\nThere is no doubt that access to the EU internal market is an important element for competitiveness. However, this access must be evaluated in an appropriate context. It is one of several methods to maintain and strengthen Switzerland’s position.
\n“However, if access to the European market is only possible by adopting costly European regulations and at the same time giving up Switzerland’s strengths and sovereignty, then it is counterproductive. In this form, we run the risk of losing our competitive position<\/em>,” Fabio Regazzi told the media.<\/p>\n

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The logo of the Swiss Arts and Crafts Union (SGV-USAM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A unilateral adoption of EU law or an automatic adaptation to EU standards cannot be accepted without concessions or compensation from the EU.
\nProjects such as “Swisslex 2.0” or “Stabilex 2.0” have already highlighted these unilateral concessions to the EU. However, the precedent of stock exchange equivalence has shown that such concessions are not in themselves able to satisfy Brussels.
\nIf negotiations on the institutional framework agreement and thus on market access fail, competitiveness can still be maintained and developed by other means, concluded the USAM president.<\/p>\n