EU Council Receives Note From Switzerland on EU Membership Withdrawal

 

“A letter with the notification on withdrawal of Switzerland’s application for EU membership was received last Wednesday,” the spokesperson told RIA Novosti.

Switzerland withdraws application to join EU

Following a vote in the lower house, the government will now tell the EU to “consider [the application] as withdrawn,” Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter was quoted as saying by the Neue Zurcher Zeitung, POLITICO wrote.