Merkel Says Brexit Talks Mustn’t Impact Swiss-EU Negotiations
- German chancellor met with Swiss president in Berlin Wednesday
- Swiss voted in 2014 to implement quotas for EU newcomers
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Swiss talks with the European Union about immigration restrictions mustn’t be impacted by the U.K.’s decision to leave the bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
“In the EU, we should carry on negotiations with Switzerland in the same way as we would have if there were no question on Britain,” Merkel said after a meeting with Swiss President Johann Schneider-Amman in Berlin on Wednesday. “Switzerland has a right as a sovereign country with deep ties to the EU to be treated with its recommendations based on its own independent position and according to its wishes, without being placed in another context.”