BERN (Reuters) - Switzerland has abandoned hopes of reaching an agreement with the European Union on a new treaty this month, frustrated by its inability to forge domestic consensus on how to its approach its biggest foreign policy issue.
Officials involved in the matter say informal talks continue and a window for an agreement remains open until mid-2020 because neither side wants to declare the treaty dead.
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