Swiss like working in the EU

Many Swiss take advantage of the agreement on freedom of movement between Switzerland and the EU and migrate to EU countries. It would be "a catastrophe" if the agreement were to come to an end as the result of a No vote in February 2009, the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung writes. "According to the authorities, should the rights of residency and employment of Swiss citizens in the EU enshrined in the agreement cease to apply, they will be replaced by the national regulations of the member state in question. It is likely that in a number of cases these regulations will be at variance, and that in many cases it would be left to the authorities to decide whether these rights are extended, which would considerably increase legal uncertainty."

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