Swiss to extend EU worker access

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Almost 60% of voters supported the proposal

Swiss to extend EU worker access

Page last updated at 14:17 GMT, Sunday, 8 February 2009

The people of Switzerland have voted to continue allowing in workers from the EU and to extend access to two new member states, Romania and Bulgaria.

Official referendum results showed that almost 60% of voters had supported the proposal.

Right-wing politicians had warned that extending access could bring an influx of cheap labour at a time of recession.

Switzerland remains outside the EU - but its political and economic ties to Europe are very close.

The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Berne said that a "no" to free movement could have put that relationship at risk.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7877655.stm">Full article here

[ddeclue]

1. Is there a particular connection to or implication for US workers or the US economy or US politics?

:shrug:

(and I say this as someone who lived in Europe for nearly 8 years...)

[Hope And Change]

2. How about those who still lives in Europe.If you don`t have anything useful to say then..

fuck off. :)