Course: Switzerland in Europe: Money, Migration and Other Difficult Matters

Here you can find the results of the vote of the previous step. Make sure to come back later as more people go through the course and cast a vote. …

The Swiss example shows that international tax standards may lead to changes in the national law. Over time, Swiss banking secrecy came under increasing international pressure, first from the United …

Having studied more or less serious illustrations of Swiss Banking Secrecy on the internet, and having found out about international criticism levelled at Switzerland because of its tradition in this …

In this article, we will discover how the EU–Swiss dispute on corporate taxation was resolved, though through a different avenue than the one first envisaged by the European Commission. We …

In our last step, we have heard about the Swiss legal system with respect to corporate taxation. Every country on our globe has its own particular national tax system. At …

The Swiss federal state structure has important implications for corporate taxation and for the country’s global standing in this field. In Switzerland, there is tax competition between the Swiss sub-states, …

In this article, we turn to a practical case in order to illustrate one of the ‘difficult issues’ involving Switzerland, an issue that is of both European and global importance. …

As stated before, our course explores the economic, political and legal position of Switzerland in Europe, in particular vis-à-vis the European Union (EU). We have defined five specific learning goals …

As we all know, the exact same issue can often be viewed from very different perspectives. This is just as true for the position of Switzerland in Europe and for …

In this short animation you can see two historical postcards, from 1916 and 1917, respectively. Using the imagery of an island that is – obviously – not based on the …

The University of Basel welcomes you to ‘Switzerland in Europe: Money, Migration and Other Difficult Matters‘. Though located in the heart of Western Europe, Switzerland is not part of integration …