The European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, rejected today Switzerland’s demand to be allowed to impose limits on immigration from EU countries (clause de sauvegarde unilatérale).

Juncker, together with Luxembourg's foreign affairs minister Jean Asselborn, met on Monday 21 December with Swiss president Simonetta Sommaruga. Sommaruga is finishing her one-year rotating mandate amid uncertainties over EU-Switzerland relationships.

Beginning of the month, Switzerland announced it w...