European integration is currently being enlarged by the adhesion of countries who participated in the European Free Trade Association to the European Union. Switzerland is an exception to this trend. Despite predictable problems, Switzerland is committed to bilateral negotiations because the Swiss Federal Council's goal to adhere to the European Economic Area was not accepted by a national referendum in December 1992. According to numerous observers, the result of this referendum has created a deadlock. This paper examines the mosaic of attitudes about European integration amongst Swiss nationals. The paper evokes the specific geographical factor of territoriality, which is closely interrelated to clear distinctions of both cultural and linguistic kinds. The Swiss Confederation can be subdivided into four large regions with specific political behaviours. Moreover, the central region, including the small founding Cantons of the Confederation, still retains the capacity to prevent the whole country from joining European integration processes, for a yet undetermined period of time, because the Swiss Constitution stipulates that any decision of this importance should be made by the majority of the Cantons.