Re: OT Fixed penalty on a foreign licence

And so it panned out that the following script was sculpted by
none other than James:

>> >Switzerland is not part of the EU
>>
>> And they should thank their lucky stars for it too.
>
>The Swiss are very smart in that they enjoy most of the benefits of the EU
>without any of the commitments.

This is more or less correct, but these "benefits" of the EU are
sufficiently minimal in practice that Switzerland would get along
just fine without them, as she in fact did for many a year past.
Plus, her very nicely structured federal model is nothing to scoff
at.

>They achieve this by engaging in mutual
>recognition agreements with other EU countries and their membership of the
>EEA and EEC.

Switzerland is not a member of the EEA, and the old EEC was folded
pre-Maastricht, into the EC, a pillar of the contemporary EU.

(Re-X posted)

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