Swiss welcome mat? Swiss citizens will stand at a crossroads when the referendum question on September 25 asks them to strengthen ties with the EU by extending the agreement on the free movement of people to ten new EU member states. The path they choose could provide a shortcut to a more fruitful union.

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Swiss welcome mat? Swiss citizens will stand at a crossroads when the referendum question on September 25 asks them to strengthen ties with the EU by extending the agreement on the free movement of people to ten new EU member states. The path they choose could provide a shortcut to a more fruitful union.

Switzerland's daunting Alpine mountains and stringent policy of neutrality have kept the country isolated, but also protected, from the rest of Europe for nearly 400 years.

But the times they are a changin', and Switzerland is changing too, emerging from years of isolation, neutrality and, some say, aloothess and heading down a new...

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