Federal Council press conferences

Image of all seven Federal Councillors and the Federal Chancellor
The Federal Council and the Federal Chancellor in 2024. © Swiss Federal Chancellery

The Swiss Federal Council regularly holds press conferences on European policy. For this purpose, the Federal Chancellery maintains a YouTube channel containing press conferences and their abstracts, along with a number of explainer videos. Selected press conferences on current European policy are posted further down.

The Swiss Federal Council YouTube channel (de,fr,it)

Selected press conferences on European policy 

Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis presents the Swiss-EU negotiating mandate

The members of the Federal Council, Viola Amherd, Ignazio Cassis and Guy Parmelin on the draft mandate for negotiations with the EU

Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis introduces the new State Secretary in the FDFA, Alexandre Fasel.

Federal Councillor Maurer on the adoption of the Frontex bill. 

Federal Councillors Cassis, Parmelin and Keller-Sutter on Switzerland's European policy.

Federal Councillor Berset on the Coronavirus.

Federal Councillors Cassis, Parmelin and Keller-Sutter on the institutional agreement.