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[โ€“] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Politics also push the idea that Switzerland can keep having its cake (stay out of the EU) and eat it (enjoy best trade/energy/population movement). It has been working so far so why change it, right? If I remeber correctly the EU is Switzerland's #1 trading partner.

However, I fear the EU is starting (or will soon start to) to be fed with the Switzerland cherry picking in their relationship. With the world becoming more and more realpolitik Switzerland might realise she doesn't have that much leverage against a block of EU's size.

Well anyway as long as the EU doesn't put order in its own house, Swiss will always refuse joining until forced to. It's one of the few subject where both left and (extreme) right agrees on, even if for different reasons (protect salaries against dumping VS culture war bullshit "dictate from foreign judges" in general).