As you mention Switzerland as an example. There was the Referendum to join the EEC in 92 which was lost. It took about ten years until the bilateral treaties wi

As you mention Switzerland as an example. There was the Referendum to join the EEC in 92 which was lost. It took about ten years until the bilateral treaties with the EU were ratified. Also, I don't remember the nineties as a time, where the swiss economic boomed... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_U...