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opinion letter parliamentary committee (2025/0162(NLE))

Opinion on the EU/Switzerland agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand bilateral relations

AGRI-AL-786793

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

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8.4.2026

Mr David McAllister

Chair

Committee on Foreign Affairs

BRUSSELS

Subject: Opinion on the EU/Switzerland agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand bilateral relations (2025/0162(NLE))

Dear Mr McAllister,

Under the procedure referred to above, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) has been asked to submit an opinion to your committee. The AGRI Coordinators considered the matter at their meeting of 18 March 2026. They endorsed the Commission’s proposal and asked me to convey their opinion to you pursuant to Rule 57. This recommendation was approved by the AGRI Committee at its meeting of 8 April 2026.

Yours sincerely,

Veronika Vrecionová

ANNEX I: DECLARATION OF INPUT

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Conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation

44 in favour

Waldemar Buda, Carlo Fidanza, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Veronika Vrecionová
Tomasz Froelich
Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Salvatore De Meo, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Herbert Dorfmann, Esther Herranz García, Krzysztof Hetman, Céline Imart, Stefan Köhler, Willemien Koning, Norbert Lins, Pekka Toveri, Maria Walsh
Mireia Borrás Pabón, Valérie Deloge, Tomáš Kubín, Julien Leonardelli, Gilles Pennelle, Raffaele Stancanelli
Asger Christensen, Barry Cowen, Jérémy Decerle, Elsi Katainen, Christine Singer
Dragoş Benea, Stefano Bonaccini, Claire Fita, Maria Grapini, Cristina Maestre, Maria Noichl, Elena Sancho Murillo, Eric Sargiacomo
Luke Ming Flanagan
Cristina Guarda, Martin Häusling, Tilly Metz, Anna Strolenberg

0 against

1 abstained

Ivan David