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9/23/05

Referendum will test Swiss-EU relationship-Swiss to vote on East European workers

International Herald Tribune

Swiss to vote on East European workers
By Tom Wright International Herald Tribune

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2005
GENEVA Switzerland's relationship with its European Union neighbors is being tested this weekend in a referendum on whether to open its doors to East European workers.

Although Swiss voters blocked moves toward full EU membership more than a decade ago, the small Alpine country has signed a number of bilateral agreements with Brussels since then.

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