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Brexit: would expats in Switzerland be winners or losers?

Let’s be honest, no one knows what’s going to happen if Britain votes on June 23 to leave the EU. But here’s some ‘informed speculation’ from a debate in Geneva on what it could mean for non-EU Switzerland.

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Born in London, Thomas was a journalist at The Independent before moving to Bern in 2005. He speaks all three official Swiss languages and enjoys travelling the country and practising them, above all in pubs, restaurants and gelaterias.

Thomas Stephens, swissinfo.ch


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Don’t follow Swiss example, think tank warns Brexiteers

This content was published on In the run-up to the referendum on June 23, several British eurosceptics have become convinced that the Swiss model offers a bright future in which countries outside the EU thrive, sign free trade agreements with whomever they want and have control of their borders.  However, two experts in European integration have published a study that…

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