Franziska studied International Relations at the University of Geneva and Political Sciences at the ETH Zurich. She worked at the economiesuisse office in Brussels where she gained an in-depth insight into Switzerland’s economic integration in Europe. At the EFTA secretariat she got to know the inner workings of the EEA. Currently, she is studying at the Collège d’Europe in Bruges. She has been co-head of the Europe programme at foraus since 2019. She is particularly interested in Swiss-EU relations, the economic policy of the EU and its foreign relations.