So Goldtop.. You see no connection with the EU??

If neutrality means not taking part in other peoples quarrals it means not being involved in their legal systems too, surely? You can't do that and and then say "OK.. But we'll pass fines etc. on." The two are surely incompatable?

By making bilateral agreements with other states, they are effectively making alliances, which is derived from the word ally. As I said, so much for Swiss Neutrality.. You can't have allies and be Neutral, the two are mutually exclusive. The fact that Switzerland chooses who and what it allies with and about is largely irrelevant, the fact that they're doing it in the first place is the thing that is slowly breaking down their ability to remain neutral.

However, as I've said, if Switzerland didn't do this, then I wouldn't be here, neither, I suspect, would many of you.

The fact that Switzerland brings allegences with neighbour states that are EU states, and chooses to make heavier exceptions for EU members than non members, like the US, and chooses to make the same kind of agreements that exist within the EU leads me to the point I was making regarding EU by the back door.

Obviously it's not in the Swiss's interest to join the EU at the current time, but the fact that it's willing to share information accross its borders in a similar fashion, the fact that I can basically cross in and out of Switzerland via most of the time without even seeing a border guard shows the depth of this international cooperation.

Switzerland isn't neutral, it just chooses to keep its allies slightly further than the EU states do.