Norway and Switzerland are EEA countries. Part of the inner market, not part of the customs union, no euro and no representation in the commission or parliament. Adopts most legislation.
There are shit ton of low level participation from Norway and Switzerland in AdCo’s, Group of Experts, CEN and other sub groups and working groups. So makes perfect sense to include them.
Tbh. I have no feelings at all for the issue. You on the other hand seem to have plenty.
I don’t know about the UK, but I talk to my Swiss “colleagues” in several arenas (including EFTA) whereas I haven’t seen anyone from the UK since Brexit.
To me from my low perch Switzerland seem much more integrated than the UK.
The again Iceland is not included in the infographic, and they are an EEA member
Switzerland is in continental Europe, the UK isn’t, and the FOM was always very asymmetric. Most Brits chose Canada, New Zealand or Australia to move to, even when still in the EU.
This is very wrong. The level of integration between Switzerland and the EU is almost at the same level as a full member. While the UK told everyone to go fuck themselves. They aren’t even in Schengen for fuck’s sake.
Switzerland has more than 120 agreements with the EU, including being part of the Schengen area, the UK is just getting started of having the first few in place. The UK also made it a political sticking point that they are not EU members for the past few years, kinda going against the ideal of ever closer European integration.
Norway and Switzerland are EEA countries. Part of the inner market, not part of the customs union, no euro and no representation in the commission or parliament. Adopts most legislation.
There are shit ton of low level participation from Norway and Switzerland in AdCo’s, Group of Experts, CEN and other sub groups and working groups. So makes perfect sense to include them.
Switzerland is not in the EEA. This is just a fact you don’t like.
They have bilateral agreements, same as the UK does
Tbh. I have no feelings at all for the issue. You on the other hand seem to have plenty.
I don’t know about the UK, but I talk to my Swiss “colleagues” in several arenas (including EFTA) whereas I haven’t seen anyone from the UK since Brexit. To me from my low perch Switzerland seem much more integrated than the UK. The again Iceland is not included in the infographic, and they are an EEA member
Switzerland is in continental Europe, the UK isn’t, and the FOM was always very asymmetric. Most Brits chose Canada, New Zealand or Australia to move to, even when still in the EU.
This is absolutely correct.
This is very wrong. The level of integration between Switzerland and the EU is almost at the same level as a full member. While the UK told everyone to go fuck themselves. They aren’t even in Schengen for fuck’s sake.
The Swiss have more bilateral deals. The UK has a lot in one.
We’ve never been in Schengen.
We should have defaulted to EFTA as that’s where we were when we entered the common market. The EU changed a lot in 1993, we didn’t sign up for that.
Switzerland has more than 120 agreements with the EU, including being part of the Schengen area, the UK is just getting started of having the first few in place. The UK also made it a political sticking point that they are not EU members for the past few years, kinda going against the ideal of ever closer European integration.
They are still not in the EU or EEA. My point stands.