Bullying Brussels tries to seize MORE POWER as Switzerland buckles over immigration policy
THE European Union (EU) is set to spread its tentacles further into Switzerland after the country’s government revealed plans to agree a broad new treaty with Brussels, sparking a furious backlash from voters.
By JAKE BURMAN
Express.co.uk
Tue, Nov 29, 2016
Switzerland has long been wary of ceding too much power to the invasive bloc, but new legislation drawn up by the government to replace a patchwork of deals looks set to grant the EU increased control over the neutral Alpine country.
The Swiss parliament plans to wrap up the new legislation next month.
The deal is meant to curb immigration from the EU by giving hiring preference to local people – but could also mean having to put more cash into the monstrous Brussels budget.
It could also give the European Court of Justice stronger powers.
But the deal has been met with tough opposition, with the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) insisting that Swiss law must take precedence over most international law, railing against the idea of foreign judges telling Swiss what to do.
And the party wants to put the plan to voters under the Swiss system of direct democracy.
Foreign minister Didier Burkhalter has also condemned the plans, that pushing through a new framework accord is politically impossible in Switzerland at the moment – despite EU calls for such a treaty, most recently by Angela Merkel.
The legislation aims to give hiring preference to locals, despite criticism it would infringe on the free movement of people – an essential EU policy.
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