free movement
Free movement vote could result in ‘Swiss Brexit’
Switzerland may not be in the European Union but it could nevertheless face its own ‘Brexit’ if the Swiss people were to vote against the free movement of people.
SVP launches new attack on free movement
The right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) on Tuesday launched a new popular initiative aiming to end Switzerland’s free movement agreement with the EU and give Switzerland full control over immigration.
Free movement with EU has boosted Swiss job market: report
Switzerland’s bilateral agreement with the European Union allowing the free movement of people has increased the number of highly-skilled jobs in the country and reoriented the Swiss economy towards high-value activity.
Survey: a majority of Swiss favour free movement
More than 50 percent of Swiss would vote to keep the country’s free movement agreement with the EU, according to a new survey.
Swiss-EU relations: free movement faces new challenge
The Swiss public may get the chance to vote against the country’s adherence to the EU’s free movement principle as an anti-immigration body on Sunday announced it would launch a popular initiative on the subject later this year.
Free movement principle faces new Swiss attack
The Swiss parliament may have decided that the country’s bilateral agreements with the EU are more important than immigration controls, but the public may yet get to say otherwise.