FILE PHOTO: Switzerland's national flag flies beside the one of the Council of Europe at the Swiss federal parliament Bundeshaus in Bern, Switzerland September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government on Tuesday urged voters to reject a referendum push by the right-wing Swiss People's Party to end an accord with the European Union on the free movement of citizens.
Should the measure win a binding vote on May 17 in what is being called Switzerland's "Brexit moment", the country risks losing its privileged access to the EU single market that is the lifeblood of the export-led Swiss economy.
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