Why Switzerland doesn't want to join the EU.
We were taken into the Common Market in January 1973 without being asked but were given a referendum asking us if we wanted to stay in it in June 1975.
In Switzerland, with their system of Direct Democracy, the people's opinion acts as a balance or check on their government which is how democracy should work.
Democracy being made up of two Greek words Demos meaning 'People' and Kratos meaning 'Power'.
This article is well worth a read but sadly as links don't still open on this 'google' blog you will have to copy and paste it in your search engine to open it.
https://www.expatica.com/ch/politics/sw-why-switzerland-doesnt-want-to-join-the-european-union-231195/