http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/85153407b539d99c https://verfassungsblog.de/bbb/ Bricolage, Bullshit, and Bustle - The Three Bs of the Planned EU-Swiss Framework Agreement 2.0 Baudenbacher, Carl eng 2024-02-06 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 EEA EFTA EU EU Framework Agreement Switzerland EU Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 15 December 2023, the Swiss Federal Council (Government) announced that it intended to start formal negotiations with the EU on the conclusion of a Framework Agreement (FA) 2.0. Five existing and two new treaties between the EU and Switzerland are to be subject to dynamic alignment and institutionalised, i.e. provided with a monitoring and judicial mechanism. The project, which is practically fixed in the decisive questions by a “Common Understanding” (“CU”) between the two parties, is based on a triple B approach: in substance, it consists of unsuccessful bricolage, the foundations were laid by bullshit, and because elections and a change of the Commission are imminent in the EU, bustle is supposedly of the essence. The CU summarizes what the Parties have informally agreed on.