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The Swiss will not participate in Atalanta, it's final

(B2) The National Council (the lower house of the Swiss federal parliament) buried, on Thursday morning, the government's plan to send Swiss soldiers to participate in the European anti-piracy operation "Atalanta". By 102 votes against 81, and 10 abstentions, he again voted against this commitment. Which closes the debate, even if the Council of States was for the operation. The possibility of financial participation in the operation could therefore reappear so that European sailors nevertheless protect Swiss ships. Because the community of Swiss shipowners and charterers remains worried...

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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