> And Switzerland is still left out, with barely any chance of ascending in the near future.

I am not familiar with Switzerland's position. However the internet tells me that Switzerland "walked away" from talks, which perhaps suggests there was a little bit of an attempt at UK-style cakeism going on ?

However, putting whatever happened in the past to one side, for the good of European science, we can but hope that the UK re-association perhaps will provide a framework that Switzerland could follow.

Because if you decline whatever wonderful terms the EU is offering there must be something wrong with you.