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> You have to pay customs on shipments, which can be delayed for weeks on borders. See here: https://www.efta-studies.org/sectoral-access-to-the-single-marke h

by troupo 2mo ago

> You have to pay customs on shipments, which can be delayed for weeks on borders. See here: https://www.efta-studies.org/sectoral-access-to-the-single-marke https://www.efta-studies.org/sectoral-access-to-the-single-m... > You need to apply for the residence permit and you can lose it for trivially sounding reasons. - E.g. lying on the application "Trivially sounding reasons".... lying on the application. Lol. ---- Yes, I hyperbolized a little in my comment. But I'm tired of people oretending that Norway and Switzerland are somehow completely separate from the EU.

1718627440 2mo ago
> that Norway and Switzerland are somehow completely separate from the EU. Except that that wasn't the discussion at all.
- troupo 2mo ago
  > Except that that wasn't the discussion at all. Quote: "I feel the UK were wrong to leave but Norway and Switzerland have a fantastic overall quality of life without and I'm not sure the benefits of membership unless you are financially poor country." They are not "without". They are integrated through and through.
  - 1718627440 2mo ago
    But they are not IN the EU, and the UK doing a Brexit (aka. leaving the EU) does not make them incapable of having the same arrangement as Norway and Switzerland.
    - troupo 2mo ago
      They are not in the EU but very deeply integrated with the EU, its laws and regulations, and even finance the EU. That's the point of my comment. They are not strictly "without".
      - 1718627440 2mo ago
        Which is what the UK also could have done.