Vzťahy medzi Vaduzom a Bernom a podiel Lichtenštajnska na procese Európskej integrácie: možné scen Prečítať

RELATIONS VADUZ - BERN AND THE PARTICIPATION OF LIECHTENSTEIN IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
PROCESS. POSSIBLE SCENARIOS FOR THE FUTURE

Krzysztof Koźbiał

***

Politické vedy, Volume 18, Number 4/2015, pages 127-142

Odporúčaná forma citácie článku / Recommended form for quotation of the article:

KOŹBIAŁ, K. 2015. Relations Vaduz - Bern and the Participation of Liechtenstein in the European Integration Process. Possible Scenarios for the Future. In Politické vedy. [online]. Roč. 18, č. 4, 2015. ISSN 1335 – 2741, s. 127-142. Dostupné na internete: <http://www.politickevedy.fpvmv.umb.sk/archiv-vydani/2015/4-2015/krzysztof-kozbial.html>.

ABSTRACT

Liechtenstein is an example of a European microstate, and is also characterised by a specific type of relationship with his neighbour – Switzerland. Reorientation of the foreign policy of Vaduz towards Bern was a consequence of the First World War. The most important of the agreements between both countries was a Customs Treaty concluded in Bern 1923. One year later Swiss franc was introduced as a legal tender in the Principality. Relation with the Swiss Confederation have not imprinted a negative stigma on the participation of Liechtenstein in the process of European integration. The Principality is, for example, since 1995 a member of the European Economic Area (without Confederation). In the future, potential membership of Liechtenstein and Switzerland in the European Union cannot be excluded. This would require a change in attitude of the government in Bern. Currently, the connection with Switzerland is just one of the options for Vaduz, but not the only one.

Key words: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, European integration, customs union