European Commission welcomes progress in relations between the European Union and Switzerland

Following the Swiss Parliament's adoption of the Federal Act on Foreign Nationals on 16 December 2016 and the meeting of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee on 22 December 2016, the European Commission welcomed the progress in the bilateral relations between the European Union and Switzerland in several areas.

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