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Comparing covid and pre-covid figures and being surprised is... surprising... Let's compare the figures in 10 years. For Swiss people old like me, we still rem

• corty 6y ago
  "Doing good" is relative to what our aims are. Switzerland has to obey all EU rules and regulations or they loose market access and open borders, which would be catastrophic given their trade is mostly with the EU and they are completely surrounded by EU members. However, Switzerland has no say in deciding any of those rules and regulations. They just get a "take it or leave everything" deal each time. So while Switzerland is doing fine, they are, at least when it comes to trade, borders and certain security measures like weapons controls, very much a second class member. I'm quite sure that is the opposite of what the Brexiteers intended, at least in my interpretation of their aims.
• guitarbill 6y ago
  Potentially a land border is better, so people can cross to buy food and petrol. I'm sure there are also old Germans around who remember the price increases when switching from DM to €. These kinds of things are complicated. I'm also not sure if these articles are supposed to be pro-EU fear-mongering, or simply a wake-up call to people in the UK to deal with the consequences of Brexit and "adapt"?