The debate over a so-called ‘immigration tax’, applicable to companies hiring foreign workers, is growing in Switzerland. What is new is that the debate is spreading well beyond the traditional anti-immigration circles of the conservative right (SVP) to moderate liberal circles. In a position paper issued by the association of entrepreneurs of the centre-right Mitte party, Zeno Staub, former CEO of Swiss banking Vontobel, argues that “the free movement of persons cannot be continued without res
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.