7d ago

New EU-friendly leadership for Norway

www.newsinenglish.no New EU-friendly leadership for Norway - Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no

NEWS ANALYSIS: After two hectic weeks full of political speculation and new signs of public support for the EU, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre could announce that he’ll be forming a new minority government made up strictly of ministers from his own Labour Party. Gone is his former coalition partner...

What are your views on Norway's relationship with the EU?

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Norway should join the EU.
- Why?
  Can you name any down sides?

Lol - its the same guys just without the farmers party.

Some political commentators think Center may win back voters who defected to the right-wing Progress Party, while Labour can gain on perhaps the most important issue tied to the entire drama: Cooperation with the EU, or even joining the EU.
Joining the EU? Wow. Would that be good for the EU or would we be welcoming another country willing to break it up and sow discord?
- Norwegians... sow discord... error: Does not compute
- Norway is incredibly oil-brained and quite steeped in Norwegian exceptionalism … but there's also a lot of people who love the status quo no matter what, so it's not clear what the effect of Norway joining would actually be

No thanks. We voted no twice, and what EU had turned into now is far "worse" than what we already voted no to.
- The average Norwegian has never had the chance to vote on the EU. The people who voted twice are all retired or dead.
  
  1994 is not that long ago, and the politicians still entered EU regardless.
  When we visited Brussel during VGs ~10 years ago we had a guide show us around the EU headquarters, when the guide asked how many wanted to join EU only two people raised their hand. Small sample pool, but I don't think the younger voting generation are overwhelmingly pro EU or anything. A 2023 poll also had 56% in opposition to joining EU, and only 52% in support for EØS.

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