The Swiss overwhelmingly want to hold on to a string of deals with the European Union despite voting last week to curb immigration from the bloc.
A poll published on Sunday shows 74 per cent of people are opposed to ripping up the agreements, which cover everything from free movement of individuals to trade barriers, according to the poll in the Sonntags Blick newspaper.
Only 19 per cent of the 1002 people questioned by Isopublic pollsters wanted Switzerland to completely turn its back on EU relations, while seven per cent were undecided.
The survey was published a week after voters narrowly approved curbing immigration from the EU, with 50.3 per cent deciding to void a pact giving equal footing to EU citizens in the Swiss labour market.
The vote in favour of the "Stop Mass Immigration" initiative put forward by the rightwing populist Swiss People's Party (SVP), could set in motion a so-called "guillotine clause", freezing the entire package of Swiss-EU deals, including on trade.
Switzerland is not a member of the EU but counts the bloc as its main trading partner and its economy is closely intertwined with European and global markets.
The EU voiced outrage at the referendum result, insisting Switzerland cannot pick and choose which accords to implement and pledging to review "relations as a whole".
The first casualty of the vote came on Saturday when the Swiss justice ministry said it could no longer sign a deal opening market access to people from Croatia, the EU's newest member.
The February 9 referendum measure binds Bern to renegotiate the entire EU labour market deal within three years. The current rules stay in force in the meantime.
The Swiss government aims to present a plan on how to implement the Swiss people's will on the issue before July, and to present a proposed law by the end of the year.
