The EU and Switzerland remain split on a Swiss plan to stem the number of migrants from member states.
EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters in Brussels on Monday (21 December) that the two sides are still looking for a solution after Switzerland voted to impose migrant quotas in a referendum in 2014.
"We hope that by February we will be able to set out what progress has been made," he said.
The Swiss referendum has strained bilateral relations, given t...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.