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Foreign Workers From Europe Judged Essential for Switzerland

Summary by The Local - Ch
Workers from the European Union offer a huge boost to Switzerland’s labour market and economy, a new Swiss government report has concluded.

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The Swiss are in the midst of a debate on the relationship with the European Union (EU), in a process that has recalled the ghosts generated by Brexit with the United Kingdom. On the one hand, this small nation, of 8.8 million inhabitants, wants not only to maintain access to the single market, but also to do so only through financial payments, welcoming immigrants and renouncing the judiciary.Brussels and Bern reached an agreement last December…

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With the new EU treaties, the rules on the free movement of persons also change: much becomes easier, but the social partners see no dangers.

The Swiss economy draws its growth mainly from the breadth and not from the depth. The development of employment and the net migration remain the determining factors, the conclusion of the Raiffeisen forecast.

EU nationals come to Switzerland primarily to work: 87% are active. With the demographic slowdown, the labour market must remain open, argues the Secretariat of State for the Economy (SECO) in its annual report on the free movement of persons.

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Handelszeitung broke the news in on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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