Events

31st Switzerland-European Union Interparliamentary Meeting, Bern 16 and 17 July 2012; Joint Statement (PDF)Format Change

 

Reports

According to the terms of Art. 9, para. 2, of the Federal Ordinance on international relations (ORInt) (RS 171.117), permanent delegations to international parliamentary assemblies must submit a written report of their main activities to the two chambers every year. 

Annual reports

Activites

​Date​Event
​24 –​ 25 June 2024
​Annual meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee and EFTA Ministers in Geneva​
​​​​​24​ – ​26 March 2024​

 Plenary Meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC)​
​​​17​ – ​22​ March 2024
 Official working visit of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee in Argentina and Brazil​​
​28 – 29 February 2024​
​61st meeting of the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee in Strasbourg ​
08 – 09 February 2024 ​
 43th inter-parliamentary meeting between Switzerland and the EU​

​07 – 08 February 2024
 EFTA Trade Seminar in Geneva​
14 – 15 December 2023
 60th meeting of the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee​
​26 – 28 November 2023​
 EFTA/EU delegation attends chairpersons meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC)​
​​​​21st November 2023
​Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee, joint meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee and the EFTA Consultative Committee with EEA Foreign Ministers​
​​17 - 18 September 2023
​Chairpersons meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC)​​
​​27 June 2023      
​Annual meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee with the EFTA Ministers in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
​22 May 2023     
 ​Video Conference of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee with the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine
​27 April 2023
 ​42nd interparliamentary meeting between Switzerland and the European Union in Brussels
​17 - 21 April 2023                        
 Official working visit of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee in India
​ 22 – 24 February 2023                        
 Bilateral working visit by the EFTA/EU delegation in Norway
​ 7 – 8 February 2023                        
 EFTA Parliamentary Committee trade seminar in Brussels and Geneva
30 – 31 January 2023
 ​EFTA/EU delegation attends chairpersons meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC)
​22 – 23 November 2022
​Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee, joint meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee and the EFTA Consultative Committee with EEA Foreign Ministers
​13 – 15 November 2022
​EFTA/EU delegation attends chairpersons meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC)
19 and 20 october 2022
 58th meeting of the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee
​6 and 7 October 2022
 ​41st inter-parliamentary meeting between Switzerland and the EU in Rapperswil
​2 and 4 October 2022
 ​Bilateral working visit to Kosovo by the EFTA/EU Delegation
​5 to 9 September 2022 ​Official working visit of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee in Thailand
​10 and 11 July 2022
 EFTA/EU delegation attends chairpersons meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC)​
​8 July 2022
​EFTA/EU Delegation president attends meeting of the DEEA Delegation of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
​20 June 2022 ​Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee ; joint meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee and the EFTA Consultative Committee with the EFTA Ministers
24 and 25 May 2022
 57th meeting of the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee
4th May 2022
 ​EFTA/EU Delegation president attends meeting of the DEEA Delegation of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
3 - 5 March 2022
 ​EFTA/EU delegation attends plenary meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC)
7 - 9 February 2022
 EFTA/EU Delegation: bilateral meetings and participation in EFTA Parliamentary Committee trade seminar in Brussels
13 et 14 janvier 2022
 Rencontre des présidents de la Conférence des organes parlementaires spécialisés dans les affaires communautaires (COSAC)
25 et 26 novembre 2021
 Visite de travail du Comité parlementaire de l’AELE en Pologne (beneficiary country of the EEA/Norway grants)
23 novembre 2021
 Séance du Comité parlementaire de l'AELE - rencontre avec le président du Conseil de l'AELE
15 November 2021
 40th inter-parliamentary meeting between Switzerland and the EU
7 and 8 September 2021
 Working visit by the EFTA/EU delegation in Brussels
25 August 2021
 56th meeting of the EEA Joint Committee
​11 June 2021
​Swiss Federal Assembly members meet with members of the European Parliament following breakdown of talks on institutional agreement
​31 May 2021​EFTA advisory bodies discuss horizontal issues relating to EFTA free trade agreements | European Free Trade Association
​31 May 2021​EFTA advisory bodies meet with ministers to discuss EFTA’s third-country relations | European Free Trade Association
​30 - 31 March 2021
​Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee)
​25 March 2021
​Virtual meetings on the EU cooperation programmes in education, research and innovation
​4 - 5 February 2021
​EFTA Parliamentary Committee trade seminar
​11 January 2021
​Virtual meeting of the chairpersons of the European Affairs Committees of the National Parliaments of the EU and the European Parliament (COSAC)
30 November 2020 Virtual plenary meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) under the German Presidency of the EU Council
20 November 2020 Working meetings of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee with Thailand
18 November 2020 Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee, joint meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee and the EFTA Consultative Committee with EEA EFTA Foreign Ministers
16 November 2020 54th meeting of the EEA Joint Committee
27 October 2020 Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee, joint meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee and the EFTA Consultative Committee with EFTA Ministers
9 October 2020 39th inter-parliamentary meeting between Switzerland and the EU
1­ October 2020 Bilateral working visit in Brussels
14 September 2020 Virtual meeting of the chairpersons of the European Affairs Committees of the National Parliaments of the EU and the European Parliament (COSAC)
8 June 2020 Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee, joint meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee and the EFTA Consultative Committee with EFTA Ministers
19 May 2020 Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee
23 April 2020 Meeting of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee
3-4 February 2020 EFTA Parliamentary Committee trade seminar in Brussels
19-20 January 2020 Meeting of the chairpersons of the European Affairs Committees of the National Parliaments of the EU and the European Parliament (COSAC) in Zagreb under the Croatian Presidency of the EU Council
​27 to 28 November 2019 ​38. interparlamentarisches Treffen Schweiz–EU
​23 to 26 April 2019 ​Official working visit of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee to South Korea
​16 to 19 October 2018​Bilateral talks in London and Dublin