Switzerland-EU relations

Switzerland’s EU deal moves forward as referendum questions take shape

Switzerland’s Council of States has advanced the new EU agreements, including Erasmus+ funding, while lawmakers have debated immigration provisions, tuition fees and the mechanism for a future referendum. Cover what the upper-house decisions mean for the package’s next parliamentary and popular-vote stages.

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