Switzerland Stirs Brexit Ghosts In Push For EU Access

2025-07-01 02:24:21

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) A proudly independent European nation confronted with a stark political choice: keep EU single market access but only by making financial payments, taking migrants and giving up judicial power. This content was published on July 1, 2025 - 12:33 7 minutes Mercedes Ruehl in Zurich and Andy Bounds in Brussels, Financial Times

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This time the question is not one for Brexit Britain - but Switzerland.

After more than a decade of grinding talks with Brussels, the Alpine country has reached a deal to keep and improve its access to the EU's single market.

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But the agreement - which will be put to a referendum - includes all the same thorny issues that have bedevilled the UK-EU relationship, including budget contributions, migration policy and the role of foreign judges.

Nearly 1,000 pages of text, unveiled last month after a deal was signed in December, would finally anchor Switzerland more firmly to the world's largest single market.

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