Switzerland and the European Commission are closer now to an agreement on Swiss plans to restrict immigration of foreign workers to Switzerland, a restriction that the Swiss electorate voted for in a referendum in February 2014, while maintaining the country’s access to the internal market, said the presidents of the Swiss Confederation, Johann Schneider-Ammann, and the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, following their meeting on Monday 19 September.
Discussions between the two...