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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11042
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) eu-switzerland

“Pragmatic solutions are in the interest of both parties” (Roberto Balzaretti, Head of the Mission of Switzerland to the EU)

Brussels, 19/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - On 9 February, the Swiss voted by 50.3% in a referendum to limit immigration and reintroduce worker quotas within three years. Bern was thus unable to sign and ratify the protocol extending the free movement of persons agreement to Croatia, which was signed with the EU in 2002. This angered the EU and provoked an initial wave of retaliation measures. Head of the Mission of Switzerland to the EU, Roberto Balzaretti, looks back on this turbulent month for...

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