Switzerland may be going the way of the UK

ouflak1 · Post by **ouflak1** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:55 pm

Switzerland considering a 'swexit'.

Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter wrote:If there is really no solution (to the rampant immigration problem)… we would be ready for a suspension of a part or all of the bilateral agreements,

chrisologist · Post by **chrisologist** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 11:32 pm

A somewhat odd comparison, considering they're not in the EU to begin with.

So if they were to go the way of the UK, they'd have to join first, right?

ouflak1 · Post by **ouflak1** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:11 pm

chrisologist wrote:A somewhat odd comparison, considering they're not in the EU to begin with.

So if they were to go the way of the UK, they'd have to join first, right?

They have several bilateral agreements with the EU, are a member of the EFTA and are a Schengen country. What is meant is that these bilateral agreements would end and they would leave the EFTA and Schengen treaties. Calling it a 'swexit' is obviously a media-driven play on the UK's 'brexit' equivalent.

noajthan · Post by **noajthan** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:24 pm

Title should be "UK may be going way of Switzerland" as Swiss folks started with this referendum 2 years or so ago:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/global ... um-eu-says

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