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Why would other countries want that model? It seems to be strictly worse than full membership.
by Scarblac 10y ago
Why would other countries want that model? It seems to be strictly worse than full membership.
- edko 10y agoI also wonder why Norway wants that model?
- gonvaled 10y agoActually, Norway itself mentioned that their deal is worse that EU membership: the politicians would prefer to join the EU, but this is not an easy sell to the electorate, so they do not bother.
- jcranmer 10y agoMost likely fisheries. The EU's fishery policy is traditionally held as horrible, and Norway and Iceland both have relative large fishing economies and better-maintained fisheries than the EU CFP.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoOne wonders if Norway could join the EU and get special exceptions to the CFP.
- Scarblac 10y agoAs far as I understand it sort of happened -- Norway was in the EEA because it was trying to become a full EU member, and then later it decided it didn't want to.