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Sure, and I didn't shoot you, I just sent a bullet in your direction.
by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Sure, and I didn't shoot you, I just sent a bullet in your direction.
- tonfa 5mo agoEspecially after we saw how happy the EU was to negotiate (they didn't budge) when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Swiss_immigration_initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Swiss_immigration_initiat... passed. The new initiative is basically the same, but with no leeway to ignore it. (that said I suspect if it passes, there will be something tied to the bilateral referendum in 2027/28 to try to supersede it)
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> if it passes, there will be something tied to the bilateral referendum in 2027/28 to try to supersede it This is my thinking, too. If it really comes down to Chexit-or-nothing, we’ll have another referendum.
- ceejayoz 5mo agoThat was the UK's thinking, too. "We won't have a hard Brexit! Of course they'll negotiate a plan!"
- JumpCrisscross 5mo agoAnd then the UK delivered an Article 50 notice. That isn’t something this referendum would force.
- ceejayoz 5mo agoThe UK's referendum was also non-binding, in theory.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> UK's referendum was also non-binding, in theory If SVP gets control of government they’ll probably try to Chexit irrespective of any referendum power. That’s orthogonal to this question.
- tonfa 5mo agoWell there's anyway going to be a referendum about the bilateral. (which is why I find the initiative somewhat stupid, you can vote on the real deal in a few years, about whether people want or do not want to have agreements with the EU, instead of hiding it behind a fake/emotional reason)