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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11506

8 March 2016
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) switzerland
EU and Switzerland unblock participation in Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+

Brussels, 07/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 4 March, Switzerland and the EU signed a protocol on extending the agreement on the free movement of persons to Croatia. The Swiss government had blocked the text after accepting the referendum result against mass immigration in February 2014, setting off retaliation measures.

After the referendum result of 9 February, calling for quotas for European migrant workers arriving in Switzerland, the Federal Council (Swiss government) considered...

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
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