I'm in Switzerland for a couple weeks, and it's interesting to read about the Brexit in the local newspapers. One column suggested that the UK should learn how to deal with the EU from Switzerland, which has had quite a productive relationship with the EU. Another column said the EU needs to clean up its image as a faraway authority that makes life complicated. The column said the EU should pattern itself after the Swiss Confederation and become more representative of the people and less representative of power and financial interests. The Swiss seem to be quite proud of the way they run their government. And on a lighter note, the papers say that all Swiss are Icelanders this week. There has been a lot of celebration here in Zurich after Iceland's football victory. -Joe-
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