Swiss-EU Pragmatism on Immigration Will Have Limited Bearing on Brexit Negotiations

The emerging notion among Brexit optimists that the United Kingdom could use Switzerland as a template for negotiating new immigration arrangements with the European Union is filled with holes. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker visited Switzerland for meetings with the government earlier this week. His focus was the status of Swiss immigration laws and the related issue of a broader new EU-Switzerland Framework Agreement to legally consolidate the over one hundred bilateral agreements

Source: Peterson Institute (PIIE)