Is the Swiss Model under Threat?

January 22, 2016
12:30–13:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

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Switzerland’s economic and governance models have produced one of the world’s richest and most competitive countries. Can the Swiss model of economic liberalism and direct democracy survive? - How will the implementation of the 2014 referendum on migration restrictions harm industry and EU relations? - How can the education system meet the needs of knowledge-intensive industries? - What is the...
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