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meritocrat · 06-21-2003, 10:44 AM

Several months ago the Swiss government was supposedly considering EU membership. What benefits would this bring?

Are the Swiss people and government ready to accept the supranational effects of the EU (and a logical loss of sovereignty)?

Amen-Moses · 06-21-2003, 01:53 PM

Maybe they just want to sell Cuckoo clocks to Bosnia?

Amen-Moses

victorialis · 06-21-2003, 02:17 PM

Maybe they don't want to be the doughnut-hole in a continental superstate. "Considering membership" sounds a lot friendlier than "bog off, we're happy being Swiss."

There are so many opt-outs and layers of membership, it's not as though it would be all that different for them.

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meritocrat Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,608	Switzerland and the EU Several months ago the Swiss government was supposedly considering EU membership. What benefits would this bring? Are the Swiss people and government ready to accept the supranational effects of the EU (and a logical loss of sovereignty)?

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Amen-Moses Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts: 4,652	Maybe they just want to sell Cuckoo clocks to Bosnia? Amen-Moses

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victorialis Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 195	Maybe they don't want to be the doughnut-hole in a continental superstate. "Considering membership" sounds a lot friendlier than "bog off, we're happy being Swiss." There are so many opt-outs and layers of membership, it's not as though it would be all that different for them.

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