ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government on Friday played down prospects for a deal on immigration with visiting European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker next week amid an impasse over Swiss efforts to curb arrivals from the EU. Brussels insists on free movement of people as a condition for allowing enhanced Swiss access to the EU single market, an accord at risk from a Swiss referendum in 2014 demanding immigration quotas. Talks on squaring the circle are stuck ahead of Juncker's visit on Monday to give an address at the University of Zurich and meet Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann. There is nothing at all to negotiate," government spokesman Andre Simonazzi told a news conference in Berne after a cabinet meeting. An EU source also played down expectations for the meeting, saying Juncker is officially in Zurich to deliver a Winston Churchill anniversary speech and was simply taking the opportunity to meet Schneider-Amman.

Source: The Star September 16, 2016 13:30 UTC