I bet there are people on their side that think they gave up too much money like on our side we think they are not giving enough. The matter of fact is that they have been strong armed into paying a fairer share because they let their economy be too dependent on EU labour and interconnected with EU.
What do you mean with “… let their economy be too dependent on EU labour and interconnected with EU”?
This looks like Basel, is it Basel? Why photo of Basel for Switzerland?
Because Basel is a city in Switzerland?
Yes, but it’s like a small city?
It’s the third largest in Switzerland. Very multicultural, in the sense that it’s on the borders with France and Germany.
third largest
Oh, I didn’t know that. I loved that place but I thought it’s like… you know, deep province small city.
Depending where you’re from this might be a perception issue. Cities in Europe are generally smallish on modern city world scale. 200.000-500.000 inhabitants, with just a few larger city exceptions per country. There’s just a LOT of those medium-large cities and they are often all rather near to each other. How a “city” is defined can differ a lot, many urban areas consisting of many entangled and interdependent cities are technically still all their own (historic) “city”. Look at the Ruhr area for example, the Randstad, Flemish Diamond, …
Internationally yes but in Switzerland it’s considered a large city, because it’s the 3rd largest, after Zürich and Genève, but before Lausanne and Bern (the capital)
Maybe symbolic being so small yet sharing borders with two EU countries?
A proudly independent European nation confronted with a stark political choice: keep EU single market access but only by making financial payments, taking migrants and giving up judicial power.
This time the question is not one for Brexit Britain — but Switzerland.
After more than a decade of grinding talks with Brussels, the Alpine country has reached a deal to keep and improve its access to the EU’s single market.
proudly independent
As a Swiss let me just clarify this: only old stupid nationalist idiots delude themselves to believe this. In reality we are completely dependent on our neighbours and the EU. We are a tiny country with a surprisingly large economy, which is exactly as strong as the trade we can do with EU countries and the highly skilled EU workers we can attract.
Thank you. I love Switzerland, but they (you) benefit massively from the EU, as does all member states. Pretending otherwise it’s just dumb.
We stand together or we get eaten by the US or China. Simple as.
