‘Bell’ for Switzerland – ‘Must be more flexible on neutrality and cooperate more with NATO’

Switzerland should consider a more flexible approach to its historic neutrality and seek to strengthen its defense cooperation with NATO and the EU, suggests a report by a commission set up by the Swiss defense ministry and released today. This committee, tasked in July 2023 with defining a security policy adapted to today’s threats, underlines that the security situation in Europe has greatly deteriorated, mainly due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to the report, the war opens the door to a larger conflict with the North Atlantic Alliance, and Switzerland’s neutrality does not guarantee that it will not be attacked. The report includes more than 100 recommendations Her report includes more than 100 recommendations, mainly regarding neutrality, international cooperation, equipment policy and the direction of the Swiss Confederation’s security strategy. “Switzerland cannot represent a security gap in […]
Source: News Beast

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