The European Union on Tuesday called on the Swiss government to act within "coming days" to help clear up ongoing concerns over a crucial draft deal on the future of bilateral relations between Switzerland and the EU.
The diplomatic dance between Switzerland and the European Union continues with the Swiss government now announcing it won’t sign a draft deal on bilateral relations with Brussels in its current form.
A total of 60 percent of Swiss voters say they are in favour of the current draft deal on the future of the country's bilateral relations with the EU, according to a new poll.
After four years of intense and occasionally bad-natured negotiations, Switzerland and the European Union have finally come up with a draft deal on future bilateral relations. But what is it all about? Why does it matter? And will the deal ever see the light of day?
With talks between Switzerland and the European Union over a proposed new institutional framework deal threatening to fail, the Swiss foreign minister is set to announce a rescue plan that involves breaking up the negotiations into smaller pieces.
The president of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) confirmed on Wednesday that enough signatures had been collected to force a referendum on the issue of the right of EU citizens to live and work in Switzerland.
Politicians from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) have slammed the Swiss parliament’s decision to favour a ‘light’ implementation of the February 2014 anti-immigration initiative as unconstitutional.
Negotiations between Switzerland and the EU over immigration resumed on Monday when the Swiss president, Johann Schneider-Ammann, met with EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Zurich.
More people than ever are taking part in Switzerland’s study abroad scheme, despite the fact the country is no longer a full member of the EU’s Erasmus programme.
The Swiss president, Johann Schneider-Ammann, thinks Switzerland will find “an amicable solution” to its immigration issue with the EU in the end, though that will not now come, as previously hoped, before the summer break.
Switzerland and the EU should come to a temporary agreement over immigration, the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, told the Swiss press on Sunday.
Nearly half the Swiss population are ready to sacrifice bilateral agreements with the EU in order to implement the anti-immigration initiative that was narrowly passed in a referendum a year ago, according to a new survey.
Populist Swiss cabinet minister Ueli Maurer says he doesn’t believe Switzerland’s string of deals with the European Union are at risk following a national vote to restrict immigration.
The Swiss overwhelmingly want to hold on to a string of deals with the European Union despite voting last week to curb immigration from the bloc, a poll published on Sunday showed.
