No. 112: Implications of the Debt Crisis for Swiss Foreign and Security Policy

Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 112
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

The changes in Switzerlands European neighborhood brought about by the debt crisis have major repercussions on Swiss foreign and security policy. Bilateral relations with several countries have been strained because of disputes over Swiss bank secrecy. As far as the controversy with the EU over institutional issues is concerned, the scope for a compromise solution has narrowed. Conversely, there are growing security-policy overlaps between Switzerland and its European neighbors.

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Defence Expenditures 2010: Switzerland and EU States Compared