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OK. We full of questions.

We have interpretation in German, English, and French. Ramón, please. So Yes, thank you.

I'll ask my question in German, Madam President. With the new agreements.

Switzerland is moving closer to the EU and institutionally, if you look The overall trend with the new agreements,

Switzerland seems to be on the same integration level as the other EEA states.

So when it comes to market restrictive measures,

I'm thinking about the steel tariffs or the Buy European Act.

Will Switzerland be treated like the other EEA states?

And my second question is for the President, the Swiss President. Mr.

President Pamela, 5 years ago you were standing here next to the President.

To end the negotiations on the institutional agreements.

To conclude those agreements, but now we have the Ukraine war, and we have the American tariffs and we have a new war in Iran now,

so today, Once these agreements are signed,

do you see this as more necessary than ever in geopolitical terms?

And on a personal note, We know that you and your party are not a great fan of these agreements,

so isn't it ironic that you're the one here to sign these agreements?

So Switzerland and er the business sector of Switzerland is very important to us.

I guess that you refer with your remarks or your question to the Industrial Accelerator Act that will be soon on the table.

Just to explain, the Industrial Accelerator Act aims to strengthen companies that operate and grow in Europe,

the wider form.

European preference will be part of a toolbox to strengthen Europe's production in key sectors,

and it will be focused on public procurement in a limited number of strategic sectors.

It will be designed case by case and based on robust economic analysis,

so everything we will do will be fully in line with our international obligations and to put it a little bit more simple.

The Industrial Accelerator Act is not yet presented,

but I can say that there is no interest at all not to include Switzerland.

And concerning your question, 5 years ago, the Federal Council when I came to sign the agreements, well, It's the president who signs and he stands opposite another president,

the President of the European Commission, and the Federal Council felt that the package was not sufficiently balanced.

There were 3 extremely important points which still needed to be looked at again, but we are 5 years down the line. And perhaps Mr.

Fransen has a better memory than I do, but there have been various rounds of negotiations,

and we have taken stock regardless of the geopolitical situation,

and we feel more positive and now is the time to sign these agreements.

That's our feeling and to transfer those to the Parliament. You talked about irony.

But once again it's the president of the Confederation who comes when there's something to be signed with these cross-cutting agreements,

these very broad agreements, and I was president in 2021 and I was the spokesperson of the Federal Council.

You know what our system is in Switzerland.

And today I am in the same position and I'm not wearing the same suit as 5 years ago,

but I am in the same position.

So that's why I am here to sign these agreements which we now consider to be better balanced and better for our country. And we can have one last question. Isabel, go ahead.

Isabel, Swiss radio and television,

I have a question for you, President von der Leyen.

In Switzerland there has to be a popular vote, a referendum.

What will happen if Switzerland says no to all are part of these agreements,

and Parmelin, just one detail on Iran.

What does Switzerland think about the situation with international law and the legality of the Israeli American action?

Maybe we should be focusing on the matter at hand, the subject of the press conference, and the presidents have shared their views at the beginning of this press conference,

but we don't have much time, so we really would like to focus on the matter at hand if you don't mind. We have worked intensely.

There were excellent negotiations, and again I thanks to the negotiators over a long time.

I think we have very well aligned both our interests, specifically in these days it is of enormous geostrategic importance that the whole of Europe is standing together and is working together,

and therefore I'm absolutely confident that we will have positive results.

Well, I think that on that note, OK, one last question. Just a follow up question.

What would the EU do if this package were to be rejected in Switzerland?

And this year There is also going to be a vote on the 10 million initiative as it is known.

So what might the impact of that be depending on the result?

We're following very closely the debate on this initiative and the free movement,

as you all know of persons is a key component of our relations and of the package that we will be signing today.

We trust that Switzerland as a reliable partner will respect its international obligations towards the European Union.

And we want EU-Swiss relations to look forward rather than looking backwards. Please don't panel pick move.

Just a few questions on what you were asking about,

so the 10 million issue.

This initiative won't have any direct effect on the EU-Swiss package,

so the directive does not require an immediate denunciation of the free movement agreement.

It doesn't have implications for the bilateral agreements.

Normally I don't like to look too far into the future.

But the Federal Council will look at the subsequent steps and we'll decide on the necessary implementation decisions and stay in touch with the EU but we haven't reached that stage yet.