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by s1artibartfast 13 days ago
Why would the EU be so irrationally butt hurt about it? It seems easy enough to let the Swiss have their policy and both continue to benefit

Edit: EU can void all the other contracts, but why would it want to? Why do they care so much about how many immigrants Switzerland has?
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mrtksn 13 days ago
Swiss can have their policy, who said they can't have it? It's just that they can't make EU have the Swiss policy. If Switzerland wants to be a 3rd party country, they can do that and negotiate visa regime, import/export controls etc with EU like everyone else who is not part of EU or don't have a deal. They can be like UK or Turkey for example, or be have entirely different relationship.
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joxdosba 13 days ago
Swiss can never be like the UK or Turkey if it reneges on the deal it has now. The other two have leverage, Swiss do not.
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mrtksn 13 days ago
It’s up to the Swiss to decide regardless, if population limit is more important than being integrated into Europe they can do that. What they can’t do is to have equal access to the single market like the other EU countries without the obligation that other countries have.
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joxdosba 13 days ago
It’s up to the Swiss to decide as much as it was up to the Melians.
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