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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11691

17 December 2016
EXTERNAL ACTION / Switzerland
EU and Switzerland on verge of settling their dispute over free movement of people
Brussels, 16/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 16 December, the European Commission gave a positive assessment of the Swiss law implementing the referendum on mass immigration of 9 February 2014 as approved by the Swiss parliament.

Since the victory of the No vote in the Swiss referendum, Switzerland has had to find a balance between the requirement to set quotas for foreign workers in the country and respecting the free movement of people that has been in force with the European Union since 2002.

Following months of discussion...

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