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ELI5: Despite being in middle of Europe, why 'Switzerland' is not in European Union ?
gpt
Simply because we don't want to be in the EU.

A decision of this magnitude would have to be done by using our direct democracy, which would mean that everyone would vote for or against joining the EU.

Every referendum that was about trying to join the EU in the future was refused with over 70% of the votes saying "NO".

So, that's about it. The majority of the population in Switzerland sees the EU as an undemocratic organization which would negatively impact Switzerland.