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Re:Member of The European Union by jacquesm on Monday June 20, 2016 @11:45AM (#11938744)
Switzerland is a very interesting country, but it only exists by virtue of the mountains surrounding it and historically, if those mountains had not been there Switzerland as we know it today would not exist.

What works in Switzerland my not necessarily work elsewhere.

On another note, the Swiss neutrality has caused them to end up on the wrong side of history in more than one occasion.

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Re:Member of The European Union by Thimothy on Monday June 20, 2016 @02:28PM (#11940071)
No that I know much of Swiss history, but according to that argument, Poland would be by now a footnote in European history, and thy seem to manage...
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Re:Member of The European Union by jacquesm on Monday June 20, 2016 @03:16PM (#11940545)
> Poland would be by now a footnote in European history, and thy seem to manage...

As much as I love Poland I would not consider them a candidate for the 'most prosperous' country in Europe, and I think that you'd agree with me given your choice of words.

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