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and Brexit hasn't arrived yet...
by dagi3d 8y ago
and Brexit hasn't arrived yet...
- drunkongravitas 8y agoIsolationism will go real well, I'm sure of it.
- brink 8y agoSwitzerland isn't in the EU and is doing fine. Switzerland poverty rate - 6.6% Germany poverty rate - 16.7% Source: https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/switzerland.germany/economy https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/switzerland.germ...
- ollie87 8y agoBritain is certainly not Switzerland. Source: I'm British.
- drcongo 8y agoI'm going to assume you're not British / European, but for the record Switzerland is in Schengen and EFTA, Britain is heading for being in neither.
- timoth 8y agoBritain is already in neither; it's never been in Schengen, and left the EFTA when joining the EEC as the EU was then. Although the other 3 countries in EFTA are part of the EEA (edit: which is how they're part of the single market), Switzerland isn't. Instead, they participate in the single market via a bunch of bilateral treaties: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_U...
- drcongo 8y agoI know. That wasn't the point.
- ceejayoz 8y ago> Switzerland isn't in the EU is doing just fine. That's a bit like saying getting divorced is easy because other people enjoy single life. Switzerland, having never been in the EU, has long-standing trade/customs/etc. deals in place. The UK, having been in the EU, now exits without extant trade/etc. deals with anyone, as setting them up on an individual basis while part of the EU wasn't permitted - the EU negotiates them as a single entity.