Swiss hope for breakthrough in EU talks after Brexit vote - paper


  • World
  • Saturday, 21 May 2016

EU negotiator Jacques de Watteville speaks to the media during a news conference after the weekly meeting of the Federal Council in Bern, Switzerland August 12, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich/Files

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland hopes to reach a compromise with the European Union in fresh talks on possible immigration limits in the weeks after Britain's referendum on whether to leave the bloc, a Swiss newspaper reported on Saturday.

The Swiss government has until February next year to enforce a binding 2014 referendum vote backing quotas on people coming into the country.

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