The chances of reaching an agreement on a new bilateral package with Brussels are "real and good", according to Alexandre Fasel, Switzerland's state secretary in charge of the European Union dossier.

The success of negotiations in Switzerland between the social partners will be decisive for the success of the Swiss-EU dossier, he noted.

Switzerland will only achieve success on foreign policy when it can reach agreement internally, said Fasel, who was appointed on September 1 to take over from Livia Leu. ...