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05 June 2018

POLITICO: Norwegian PM to UK: Why would you want our EU deal?


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Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg pointed out that EEA membership would mean Britain continuing to abide by the four EU freedoms, including freedom of movement, as well as having no decision-making power in Brussels.


[...]Solberg said there would be both disadvantages and advantages if the U.K. were to join the EEA, which also includes Iceland and Liechtenstein.

“Now we are more like-minded,” she said. “Britain has a different economy, of course there will be some disadvantages to that.” [...]

If the U.K. does opt to join Norway, she said the group’s members would “always find a good way of solving this,” even though it would entail some disadvantages for Norway.

“The EEA is the only organization in which Norway is a super power. Losing that is of course of [big] importance — then Britain becomes a super power in that organization,” she joked.

However, she warned that Britain will lose trade “bargaining power” outside the EU and will be less “challenging” with its trade partners. [...]

“We do agree with the EU that you cannot be cherry-picking,” Solberg said. “Norway is outside [the EU], but we are inside the single market … We do accept that decisions on the four freedoms are done in Brussels.”

“You can’t just opt out of one of the freedoms,” she added. [...]

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