EC/Switzerland agreement: free movement of persons; participation as contracting parties of Bulgaria and Romania

The European Parliament adopted, by 542 votes to 12 with 32 abstentions, a resolution giving its assent to the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania pursuant to their accession to the European Union.  The report had been tabled for consideration by Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP-ED, RO) on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.