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The Norwegian PM said to Britain back then “don’t repeat our mistake. We need to, in practice, follow all the EU’s rules and don’t get any say in it”
by earthnail 28d ago
The Norwegian PM said to Britain back then “don’t repeat our mistake. We need to, in practice, follow all the EU’s rules and don’t get any say in it”
- mrec 28d agoImportant to clarify: IIRC that comment was about Norway's EEA membership. The UK is not an EEA member.
- magicalhippo 28d agoThat's because the PM's party brokered that half-way deal with EU against the will of the people, after they had voted no to EU for the second time[1]. Not saying some of our export companies aren't enjoying the access to EU, but the people was against it. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Norwegian_European_Union_membership_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Norwegian_European_Union_...
- GeoAtreides 28d agoSince 1994 the will of the people had a lot of time to express itself...
- magicalhippo 28d agoPolls have consistently been favoring No to EU side since.
- GeoAtreides 28d ago> PM's party brokered that half-way deal with EU against the will of the people, after they had voted no to EU for the second time what polls have to do with it? if the will of the people was against the eu deal, they should've voted against, they had 30 years to do it. norway is a democracy, right?
- SahAssar 28d agoExcept in areas of fishing and agriculture. Especially fishing they really care about, just like iceland.
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