just yesterday, one of the Zurich canton representatives was in what is called “Roman Switzerland” (ie the french part) to explain how good having the hub at Zurich is for Switzerland, and how all of switzerland should be willing to help out, not just the Zurich canton….he also asked the french cantons to be more considerate towards Zurich’s needs…..to which the main response was that, in the mid 90s, Zurich wasnt exactly considerate when they snatched almost all the intercontinental routes from GVA…..
the animosity between the French and German parts of switzerland should never be underestimated….and after getting screwed over in the mid 90s, the french cantons see this as a kind of payback:D