{"id":562965,"date":"2025-11-11T06:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562965\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T06:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:04:16","slug":"eu-citizens-in-switzerland-could-get-new-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562965\/","title":{"rendered":"EU citizens in Switzerland could get new rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Tuesday, 11 November 2025 06:30\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/607cf1816d176.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Thousands of EU citizens living in Switzerland could get the right of permanent residence under new rules.\n        <\/p>\n<p>The new 1,800-page agreement with the European Union aims to strengthen Swiss access to the EU market and create jobs &#8211; but at the cost of aligning more closely with European rules.<\/p>\n<p>A key change would grant EU citizens a new right of permanent residence after five years in Switzerland, even without language or integration requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Experts estimate nearly 700,000 people could become eligible immediately, with tens of thousands more each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Critics warn this could strain social services, while supporters say it\u2019s vital for economic growth and stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, 11 November 2025 06:30 Thousands of EU citizens living in Switzerland could get the right of permanent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[179324,9455,179327,179323,2000,299,5187,119864,9453,7023,179328,179326,86391,179325,16785,2452,12,179322,179330,179329,179331,74515,179333,2600,179332,8423,179321,179320],"class_list":{"0":"post-562965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-anglophone-radio-station","9":"tag-broadcast","10":"tag-butcher","11":"tag-english-radio","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-expat","16":"tag-fm","17":"tag-geneva","18":"tag-geneve","19":"tag-internet-radio","20":"tag-lausanne","21":"tag-local-news-geneva","22":"tag-local-radio","23":"tag-media","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-radio-frontier","26":"tag-ski-news","27":"tag-ski-update","28":"tag-snow-report","29":"tag-swiss","30":"tag-swiss-news","31":"tag-switzerland","32":"tag-switzerland-news","33":"tag-whats-on","34":"tag-world-radio-switzerland","35":"tag-wrs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115529559263371249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}