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🇨🇭🇪🇺 Switzerland has chosen cooperation over isolation.

Today, Swiss voters and a majority of cantons rejected the “No Switzerland of 10 million” initiative. Beyond the slogan, the proposal would have led to the end of free movement and ultimately put the entire framework of Switzerland’s bilateral agreements with the European Union at risk.

We congratulate our friends from the European Movement Switzerland.
Swiss citizens have sent a clear message: they do not want a Swiss Brexit.

Ten years after the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the economic, political and legal consequences of Brexit remain visible. Switzerland has chosen a different path: stability instead of uncertainty, partnership instead of isolation, and close cooperation with its European neighbours instead of retreating behind national borders.

But today’s result is not the end of the story.

For the European Movement Switzerland (UEF Switzeland) the next steps are equally important: rejecting the neutrality initiative this September and securing approval of the new Switzerland–EU agreements, which are essential to strengthen and modernise relations between Switzerland and the European Union in an increasingly unstable geopolitical environment.

At a time when nationalist and isolationist forces are gaining ground across Europe, today’s vote demonstrates that citizens understand a simple truth: Europe’s challenges can only be addressed through cooperation.

We also congratulate its Basel section for the historic victory of the “Zämme in Europa” initiative in Basel-Landschaft. Following Basel-Stadt in 2025, voters have now explicitly endorsed strong relations with the European Union in their cantonal constitution.

Endnu en spændende uge venter i Strasbourg, hvor vi har flere vigtige ting på dagsordenen 🇪🇺🗳️

I løbet af ugen skal jeg blandt andet:

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🔹 Holde tale om gødning og de stigende priser, som kan presse vores fødevarepriser i vejret
🔹 Stemme den endelige aftale om nye planteforædlingsteknikker igennem.

Det er meget vigtigt for innovation, fødevaresikkerhed og Europas konkurrenceevne, at vi nu kan få adgang til ny teknologi 🌾

Jeg glæder mig! God uge til alle 🇩🇰🇪🇺