2  1  Switzerland, which is a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), as are Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, is not a member of the EEA, but over time it has stipulated over one hundred bilateral agreements with the European Union (including the free movement of goods and people, but not of services and capital) and is required to implement the relative European regulations.
*  *  *  Mr. Chairman, Professor Mario Monti, Co-panellists and fellow Governors, I am honoured by the invitation to participate in the Annual General Meeting Panel in this historic and beautiful location.