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Published on 25 February 2019

Signing of agreement between Switzerland and the UK on citizens’ rights

Bern-Wabern, 25.2.2019 - Switzerland and the United Kingdom are safeguarding the existing rights of their citizens for the time when the UK is no longer a member of the EU. As part of the Federal Council’s Mind the gap strategy, State Secretary Mario Gattiker and his British counterpart, Parliamentary Under-Secretary Christopher Heaton-Harris, signed an agreement in Bern.