Switzerland irritated by EU's inability to discuss institutional alternatives.

Text of report by Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung website on 5 October

[Report by Simon Gemperli: "Moment of Truth in EU"]

A report from the EU Commission carried by [the French daily] Le Temps on Tuesday [2 October] has rekindled the debate about the role of institutions in the relations with the European Union. The report was drafted by the External Action Service department responsible for relations with the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), a body regarded as a stronghold of single market orthodoxy within the similarly principled EU Commission. The report, which has been passed on to member states as a basis for discussion, tears the Swiss Government's offer for talks made on 15 June …