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The "No" campaign was led by Anne Enger Lahnstein, leader of the Centre Party. [4] The main themes of the "No" campaign were loss of sovereignty if Norway should join the Union, as well as the fundamental differences in economic structure between Norway and the EU, as Norway has an economy based heavily on natural resources (especially oil and fish), in contrast to the EU's more industrial ...
Norway's application for EU membership has been frozen, but not withdrawn. It could be resumed at any time following renewed domestic political will. A major issue for Norway is its fishing resources, which are a significant part of the national economy and which would come under the Common Fisheries Policy if Norway were to accede to the EU.
Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden all applied for full membership of the EU and the EU agreed to enter negotiations. The EU's change of heart was also due to predicted enlargement of the EU towards countries mostly in central Europe , invited by the European Commission in 1997 and eventually completed in 2004, and hence the wealthy EFTA ...
A growing number of Norwegians would like their country to join the European Union, although the "no" camp still holds an edge, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, on the eve of the 30th ...
No to the EU (NTEU) (Norwegian: Nei til EU) is a Norwegian bipartisan political organization opposed to Norwegian accession to the European Union. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Formed in 1990, No to the EU successfully campaigned against EU membership in the 1994 referendum on the issue through a massive mobilization.
The Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms was originally designed to incorporate heraldic elements and colours from all member nations, including "a lion that did not look Finnish, Norwegian, Estonian or Swedish." [6] In 2007, commander Karl Engelbrektson decided that the lion's penis had to be removed. [7]
The European Union (Accessions) Act 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which ratified and legislated for the accession of the Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union. The act also mentions Norway who did not ratify and join following a "No" vote in the 1994 Norwegian European Union membership referendum .
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established on the same day that Norway declared the dissolution of the union with Sweden: June 7, 1905. Although diplomats could not present credentials to foreign governments until the Swedish king formally renounced his right to the Norwegian throne, a number of unofficial representatives worked on the provisional government's behalf until the first ...