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Switzerland: No move on free movement

01 November 1995

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The third "horizontal meeting" between the EU and Switzerland to set up a seven-point trade deal foundered on the Swiss refusal to change their practices on what they see as migrant labour. The EU requires that there is unconditional free movement with EU citizens having the same rights as they do in European Economic Area countries - to work if offered a job and to look for work for up to three months without a work permit. The Swiss government has refused to move on three restrictive measures: maintaining annual quotas, preference for indigenous workers (Swiss citizens and migrants already established), and the control of social and salary conditions of people wanting to move to Switzerland. European Voice, 16.11.95; Agence Europe, 27.10.95.

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