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The swiss enjoy the many benefits of the European Free Trade Association and want to be as integrated into the EU economy as possible without actually having to
by sentenza 13y ago
The swiss enjoy the many benefits of the European Free Trade Association and want to be as integrated into the EU economy as possible without actually having to pay the price that comes with full membership. Not everybody is happy about this and I expect the EU to retaliate by putting more pressure on the freedoms of Swiss banks.
Can't have your lunch and eat it.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoSo you're arguing that inflood of immigrants is not a benefit, but rather a "price" you have to "pay"? That's an interesting twist to our discourse.
- sentenza 13y agoWhat? NO! That's not what I meant. The immigrants are a benefit. The price you have to pay is that you get the Euro, you pay into the EU budget, you have your banking and industry regulated by the EU and you get the (admittedly questionable) supervision of the national budget. There is a bigger question about cherry-picking the EU treaties here. Too many nationalists wanting to opt out of too many things. EDIT: I must admit that my original comment can be read the way you did, but it was definitely not meant that way. I can assure you that I personally have made extensive use of the freedom to roam, work and study wherever I please within the EU.