The Swiss voted on Sunday to prolong an EU free labour agreement and extend the policy to workers from EU newcomers Bulgaria and Romania.
Voters were asked in a referendum to approve legislation adopted by parliament in 2008 that extended the accord and endorsed its expansion to the two new European Union members.
What was expected to be a close vote ended in a landslide victory for the government with 59.6 saying yes to 40.4 against, according to official results released through the Swiss news agency ATS.
The outcome brought relief from the Swiss political, business and social establishment, which pressed for an extension of the accord.
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