By Anon
Juncker (left)
1. One of the arguments put forward by those who want the UK to leave the ..
2. One of the arguments put forward by those who want the UK to leave the European Union is that a UK outside the EU could become like Switzerland, which is neither in the EU nor in NATO.
Switzerland is regarded as being wealthier and happier than the UK.
Switzerland officially the happiest country on Earth.
The EU takes almost half of British exports.
“If Britain left the EU but wanted full access to the European single market, “it would have to observe almost all the EU’s rules.
“That is the case in Norway and Switzerland, non-members that both also pay into the EU budget (in Norway’s case, roughly 90% of Britain’s net contribution per head).”
The reluctant European | The Economist.
A post-British-exit Britain “would be excluded from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)”.
The reluctant European | The Economist.
The TTIP is seen as being a tool by which big American corporations will control countries who are part of the partnership.
