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 If it had passed, would the Swiss franc have been replaced by Euro € ?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

by GetOutBasel

4 comments

  2. The Swiss franc would’ve not been replaced by the Euro.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. 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).

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