EU Package Returns to August Briefings Ahead of the Autumn Sitting

BERN - Swiss diplomats used mid-August briefings to walk party groups back through the EU agreements package: dynamic adoption of EU law, wage protection, and a safeguard if immigration rises too fast. Senators will spend three days on it from 14 September.

June's rejected population cap did not write a new clause. It did give opponents a 45 percent to point at. Supporters say a safeguard clause is the adult version of that anxiety.

A sitting already packed

Army money and Mercosur will share the autumn timetable. Our later opener is here.