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    TIL Switzerland almost joined the EEA in 1992


    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9f%C3%A9rendum_sur_l%27adh%C3%A9sion_de_la_Suisse_%C3%A0_l%27Espace_%C3%A9conomique_europ%C3%A9en

    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidgen%C3%B6ssische_Abstimmung_%C3%BCber_den_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Wirtschaftsraum#Ergebnisse

    Rejected by only 50.3% of voters. If it had passed, would the Swiss franc have been replaced by Euro € ? It’s crazy to think about how it would look like today

    TIL Switzerland almost joined the EEA in 1992
    byu/GetOutBasel inSwitzerland



    Posted by GetOutBasel

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    6 Comments

    2. Velistry on

      The Swiss franc would’ve not been replaced by the Euro. Only EU members are obligated to adopt it at some point.

      Norway, Liechtenstein (which literally uses the Swiss franc) and Iceland continue to use their own currency as part of the EEA and have no obligation to adopt the Euro.

    3. jeanpauljh on

      Switzerland would not have been obliged to join the Euro, as the EEA isn’t the same thing as the EU.

      For example, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland are all EEA members but are not EU members. Being part of the EEA allows these three countries to access the European “Single Market” without needing to follow *all* European directives (in the case of Norway and Iceland in particular this gives both countries significant latitude in fishing policy).

    5. Lejeune_Dirichelet on

      People always forget that this vote required a double majority, and that 14 and 4/2 cantons voted against while only 6 and 2/2 voted in favour. So it wasn’t close at all.

    6. DLS4BZ on

      Thank god for Christoph Blocher, who wisely saw what absolute shitshow that was going to be and did his damndest to keep us out of it, thus ensuring our stable economy and currency.