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EU, Swiss Hail 'Historic' New Deal Resetting Relations

Trade unions have raised concerns about the deal's potential impact on the Swiss rail sector (Credit: AFP)

The European Union and Switzerland announced Friday they had sealed a new set of agreements aimed at recalibrating relations between the two neighbours.

The deal, reached after years of sometimes difficult negotiations, has already been denounced by the powerful, hard-right Swiss People's Party (SVP), and Swiss unions have also expressed concerns.

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