Standard & Poor’s warned Britain to keep their feet on the ground after the recent positive data on the economy across the Channel because the recovery could be short-lived after the Brexit.
"All the celebrations about the economic rebound in August and that in the end life is back to ‘business as usual’ could turn out to be just a mirage in the long term," the ratings agency said, as reported by the Financial Times online.
The Swiss believe that Brexit will have positive consequences for their country, according to the gfs.berne Institute who analyzed 2016 barometer of the concerns of Credit Suisse. The majority of the population considers, in fact, that Switzerland’s position will be strengthened.
"The citizens are perfectly aware that Brexit will have on Switzerland" economic and political consequences, he said in a statement Lukas Golder, co-director of gfs.berne.
Switzerland could see another referendum to modify the effects of the end of 2014 on the limitation of immigration in the country. A group of citizens is collecting signatures to cancel the results of the previous consultation, which with 20,000 votes difference has rewarded the initiative of the SVP, which aims to put a cap of 100,000 units to the inputs in the country, where a quarter of the resident population it is foreign.
It is the first time that such a thing happens in the country, which historically has made more use of public consultations on the key issues under discussion. The problem lies in relations with the EU, because since 2002 the country adopted the Bilateral Agreement I, which ensures a market for its goods and its services in the rest of Europe, in exchange for accepting the free movement of workers.
Facebook is also involved in the referendum on Brexit, which will see the UK go to the polls next June 23 to decide whether to remain in the European Union. The popular social network has decided to side openly with an alert sent to citizens under 45 years, statistically mostly against Brexit, to register before the deadline of this evening to participate in the referendum of 23 June. Collecting approximately 100 thousand favorable responses from users who have immediately followed the advice.
In one day there were 155 thousand people: 52 thousand between 18 and 24 years, 68 thousand from 25 to 34 and 35 thousand from 35 to 44. It is more than three times what they had done in previous days: According to The Times, three fifths were convinced by Facebook.
