Citizenship in Europe

I just read this article on the BBC website about Switzerland, and I wanted to know what people thought about it.

Here is the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3690668.stm

I personally think that at an age where the notion of citizenship in a particular country has become so obsolete, the Europeans (just like many African countries) are displaying futile, childish, elitist and misplaced pride in their "uniqueness", and that the search for maintainance of the particularities have more to do with superiority/inferiority complex.
I want to hear your opinions. Please comment.
Ali.