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Due to the refusal of Switzerland to grant Croatia free movement of persons, the EU accepted Switzerland's access to the Erasmus+ student mobility programme only as a "partner country", as opposed to a "programme country", and the EU froze negotiations on access to the EU electricity market.
The European Students' Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 44 national unions of students from 40 countries, representing almost 20 million students. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A consultative member of the Bologna Process , ESU is also a full member of the European Youth Forum (YFJ).
Switzerland is not a member of the European Union and joined the United Nations very late compared to its European neighbours. Switzerland maintains diplomatic relations with almost all countries and historically has served as a neutral intermediary and host to major international treaty conferences.
The European Union has two different types of instrument to increase the quality and openness of the education and training systems of the EU's Member States: a set of policy instruments through which EU countries are encouraged to develop their own education systems and to learn from each other's successes; and a substantial programme to ...
For the Germans, Switzerland became the most appreciated country to settle in, to find work or to study. [3] [4] [5] The "surge" of immigration during the first decade of the 21st century, especially the German one, is a result of the EU-15 opening [6] [7] [8] and, for students, of the Bologna Process. [9]
The government of Switzerland welcomed the results and promised not to ignore opponents of the agreements. [2] The European Commission also welcomed the result of the referendum and described it as an "important step" in Swiss-EU relations. [12] Opponents called on the government to withdraw their application for membership of the European ...
The European Union has a number of relationships with foreign states. According to the European Union's official site, and a statement by Commissioner Günter Verheugen, the aim is to have a ring of countries, sharing EU's democratic ideals and joining them in further integration without necessarily becoming full member states.
The Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the European Union (EU) are important trade partners: Korea is the EU's 9th largest trading partner and the EU is Korea's second largest export market. The two have signed a free trade agreement which will be provisionally applied by the end of 2011.