To each his unemployed

EU citizens who are looking for a job in Switzerland cannot, in principle, receive social benefits. The same goes for EU citizens who lose their job after less than a year and are gearing up for a new job. Case in point, in a ruling announced on 2 June, the highest Swiss court, the Federal Court (Tribunal fédéral), dismissed a French citizen hoping to claim social benefits. The court found in favour of the authorities of the Canton of Vaud,…