THE ROLE OF EFTA IN ALL-EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS AND SWITZERLAND'S POSITION
All-European integration process which started in the middle of the 20th century was aimed at the integration of the European economies. The mechanisms of economic integration within the European Communities did not suit at that time a number of states that established their own integration structure in the economic sphere - European Free Trade Association (Austria, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland). EFTA Convention was signed on the 4th  of January, 1960 in Stockholm. However, as the integration processes were developing in Europe, the membership as well as the role of EFTA have changed. At the moment EFTA comprises 4 countries and the Swiss Confederation has a dominant position in it.