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I would really like to see a source for your claim that "most people" think of the "EU" as something other than the European Union. Seriously, what's with all

• arcticbull 8y ago
  What does EU mean to you? Does it mean you can move freely from country to country? (You can, it's Schengen) How about goods? (They can, they're in the single market) How about animals? Pets? (Switzerland accepts EU pet passports) How about laws? Switzerland has many of the same EU laws. How about judiciary? They're moving to accept the ECJ. At what point does it matter if they're EU or not if all the other rules apply? If you didn't know, you'd probably wander around Switzerland thinking it was EU. That's my point. I'm not claiming they're a member state. I specifically said that, in the first line. What I am saying is that they're hardly independent of the EU, and that makes a big difference.
  • tomp 8y ago
    They’re actually not in the single market for goods, you pay customs at the border if you import stuff.
• throwawayjava 8y ago
  (OP) Switzerland is not a member of the EU. Do you see any claim in my post that Switzerland is a member of the EU? Nonetheless, Switzerland has a relationship with the rest of the EU that is analogous to the relationship between a small, dense US state and the rest of the USA. Nonetheless, Zurich has a relationship with the rest of the EU that is analogous to the relationship between NYC and the rest of the USA. This issue of whether Switzerland is properly considered "part of" the EU regardless of its membership status seems like quite the diversion from my actual point and is not at all relevant to the parallel I was drawing.