THE ROLE OF EFTA IN ALL-EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS AND SWITZERLAND'S POSITION
All-European integration process which started in the middle of the 20<sup>th</sup> 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 4<sup>th </sup> 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.