Article: Swiss voters take hard line on asylum, immigration

Article: EU/SWITZERLAND: SWISS VOTERS SAY YES TO WORKERS ...
Europe-East;  October 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The Protocol to extend the 1999 agreement to the new ten member states was signed on October 26, 2004 along with eight other agreements. It will give the EU-10 gradual access to the Swiss labour market, with the Swiss allowed to retain quotas on work permits and to give priority to workers already

Article: Swiss voters approve passport-free zone
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ...GENEVA (AP) - Independent-minded Swiss voters gave the shaken European Union a vote of confidence Sunday, approving participation ... in the relations between Switzerland and the European Union," Ferrero-Waldner and Frattini said in a ...

Article: Swiss voters give EU a major lift
Daily Breeze;  June 6, 2005 ;     560 words ...GENEVA -- Independent-minded Swiss voters gave the shaken European Union a vote of confidence Sunday, approving participation in an EU passport-free zone even though Switzerland has never joined the ...

Article: Swiss voters reject closer links with EU.
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 5, 2001 ;     385 words ...Swiss voters yesterday overwhelmingly rejected a bid to establish closer ties with the European Union, making it unlikely the small Alpine nation could join the 15-nation bloc this decade. Projections by Swiss television showed ...

Article: Swiss Voters Reject EU Talks
AP Online;  March 4, 2001 ;     620 words ... ... Writer AP Online 03-04-2001 Swiss Voters Reject EU Talks GENEVA (AP ... their staunch independence, Swiss voters on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected ... immediate membership talks with the European Union, according to exit polls and ...

Article: Swiss voters approve expanded labor accord with EU
Xinhua News Agency;  February 8, 2009 ;     365 words ...Swiss voters approve expanded labor accord with EU GENEVA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Swiss voters on Sunday approved the expansion of a key labor accord with the European Union which will allow Romanians and Bulgarians ...

Article: Swiss oppose joining European Union
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 5, 2001 ;     355 words ...Swiss oppose joining European Union From Journal Sentinel wire reports Monday, March 5, 2001 Geneva -- Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected calls for immediate membership talks with the European Union on Sunday, underlining the Alpine ...