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    The Norway Option: Re-joining the EEA as an Alternative to Membership of the European Union

    By Richard North

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    Many Eurosceptics look to Norway as a guide to how Britain would function outside the EU, but within the European Single Market. Europhilles decry it as an incomplete halfway house. But who is correct?
    Should the UK decide to leave the European Union, there are several options for an exit settlement. One of these is for the UK to apply to join the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and through that to continue its membership of the European Economic Area (EEA). This is the “Norway Option”, so-called because Norway is the largest nation within the EFTA/EEA group, which also includes Iceland and Liechtenstein.
    In this booklet, therefore, we take a detailed look the way the rules are made, and at some of the bodies that make them. We then look at some of the ways in which the Norwegians exert their influence and shape the legislative agenda. We also look at how the Norwegians protect their national interests. And, as the issues rehearsed have significant implications for the UK, these are assessed throughout this booklet.
    In many respects, the UK would significantly benefit from securing access to the Single Market via the EFTA/EEA route, even if this was only a temporary home pending a long-term arrangement. As long as the bulk of legislation originates at global level, the UK needs representation of its interests there, putting its own point of view without it being filtered though the EU “consensus” and presented by European Commission.

    About the Author
    Dr Richard North is a British blogger and author. He has published books on defence and agriculture. In 2006 his blog (www.eureferendum.com) was rated by the Financial Times as the UK’s most influential political blog. Dr North was previously research director in the European Parliament for Europe of
    Democracies and Diversities Group.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBretwalda Books
    Release dateOct 21, 2013
    ISBN9781909698604
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    The Norway Option: Re-joining the EEA as an Alternative to Membership of the European Union
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    Richard North

    Richard North has in recent years won a reputation as one of Britain's most expert defence analysts, through his Defence of the Realm blog. Formerly a research director in the European Parliament, North is also a political analyst through his EU Referendum blog, which examines Britain's place in the world with particular reference to its membership of the European Union. He co-authored four bestselling books with the late Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker, including Scared To Death: From BSE To Global Warming, How Scares Are Costing Us The Earth (2007) and The Great Deception (2005), a comprehensive history of the European Union. He is the author of Ministry of Defeat (2009).

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