Britain Outside Europe? The Swiss View

Bilateral track, restrictions on movement create EU stress for Swiss

Author(s): Christian Nünlist
Journal Title: IP Journal Online
Publisher(s): Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP)
Publication Year: 2014

British euroskeptics often portray Switzerland as an attractive alternative model to EU membership. But the 'Swiss model' with its bilateral special solutions has recently come under severe pressure. There are clear links, especially evident to Switzerland, between how Brussels is behaving toward it and the idea of a British exit. Switzerland could become an example of the limitations on what some British euroskeptics think the UK can achieve.

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