AHC: Norway joins EU
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It's difficult with the EU as it is. The Norwegian economy is based on super rich oil & gas, which will boost Norwegian contributions to the EU policy, and it does a lot of fishing which would be handed over to the EU CFP. Even the EU admittance or one of it's largest trading partners (the UK in the 1970s) and of it's neighbours (Sweden in 1990s) couldn't persuade Norwegians to join and eliminate the formal customs borders to Sweden.
Easiest way might be to reform how the CFP works, to allow Norway to not sacrifice control over it's waters?
Easiest way might be to reform how the CFP works, to allow Norway to not sacrifice control over it's waters?
Neither the 1972 referendum nor the 1994 referendum appear to have been unwinnable for the "in favor" side. IDK what changes would have been needed to get majorities in either. Or you could have had it join in 1962 had the UK's application for membership not been blocked by De Gaulle.
You do realize that Norway is one of the rich countries giving money to the poor ones? They're in the EEA, and pay contribution to the EU.
I don't know, but then they also have a say in it. Now they don't. During the Brexitdiscussion, I've read several comment from Norwegians that their situation isn't the most desirable one: they have to pay, but have no influence on the decisions.
From wikipedia, on the 1994 referendum:
"After a long period of heated debate, the "no" side won with 52.2 per cent of the vote, on a turnout of 88.6 per cent.".
This, to me, looks like it could relatively easily have gone the other way. Two or three TV debates going differently, have one of the better debaters for the No side get the flu at the wrong time, have the Yes side be more eloquent, have one leading No campaigner say/do something people get upset about a week before the vote, etc.
Maybe it doesn't really change people's minds, but does lower turn out of No voters?
If Norway joins in 1995 along with Sweden, Finland, and Austria, what then? What changes with how the EU works? Will the € be created the same? Will Norway affect that process so that Scandinavia joins the € from the start? That's about a 10% increase in €-zone GDP, could affect it's prevalence outside the official eurozone or how the analogue of the 2008 crisis is handled.
"After a long period of heated debate, the "no" side won with 52.2 per cent of the vote, on a turnout of 88.6 per cent.".
This, to me, looks like it could relatively easily have gone the other way. Two or three TV debates going differently, have one of the better debaters for the No side get the flu at the wrong time, have the Yes side be more eloquent, have one leading No campaigner say/do something people get upset about a week before the vote, etc.
Maybe it doesn't really change people's minds, but does lower turn out of No voters?
If Norway joins in 1995 along with Sweden, Finland, and Austria, what then? What changes with how the EU works? Will the € be created the same? Will Norway affect that process so that Scandinavia joins the € from the start? That's about a 10% increase in €-zone GDP, could affect it's prevalence outside the official eurozone or how the analogue of the 2008 crisis is handled.
Euro would be still exist. But not sure if Norway joins. Sweden and Denmark didn't join so necessarility Norway too not join.
If Noway takes euro then this migfht courage Sweden and Denmark make same thing. Perhaps this would be enough for prevent Greece join to eurozone. This probably not aboid euro crisis on 2000's/2010's but it wouldn't be that bad.
Just wondering how Norweigian membership on EU to EU xpansion. Since every EU member can stop expansion Noway might be enough to stop taking such countries like Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria.
And how this would affect to Brexit? Altough it would be easy to avoid with quiet late POD so that probably would be butterflied away.
