Swiss to tackle new EU treaty in 2017 amid right-wing resistance


  • World
  • Tuesday, 29 Nov 2016

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government plans to send parliament next year a broad new treaty with the European Union to replace a patchwork of bilateral deals now under strain from immigration, it said on Tuesday, but it faces stiff right-wing resistance.

Swiss voters have long been leery of ceding too much power to the 28-nation bloc that surrounds the historically neutral Alpine country and buys most of its exports, and rising EU immigration has stoked fears for Swiss identity and sovereignty.

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