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From the 23,000 EU laws currently in force, [8] the EEA has incorporated around 5,000 (in force) [9] meaning that Norway is subject to roughly 21% of EU laws. According to Norway's Foreign Affairs (NOU 2012:2 p. 790, 795), from the legislative acts implemented from 1994 to 2010, 70% of EU directives and 17% of EU regulations in force in the EU ...
European countries by fossil fuel use (% of total energy) European countries by health expense per person; European countries by military expenditure as a percentage of government expenditure; European countries by percent of population aged 0-14; European countries by percentage of urban population; List of sovereign states in Europe by life ...
As of 2022, there are around 207,575 third generation immigrants in Norway. [17] This means that at least one of their grandparents were born in a foreign country. The majority of these persons are of Western European and Northern European background with Sweden and Denmark accounting for 36,126 (17.4%) and 33,695 (16.2%) respectively. [17]
The political cooperation between the Nordic countries has not led to a common policy or an agreement on the countries' memberships in the EU and Eurozone. Norway and Iceland are the only Nordic countries not members of the EU – both countries are instead members of EFTA. Only Finland is a member of the Eurozone.
Finnish women enjoy a "high degree of equality" and "traditional courtesy" among men. [17] In 1906, the women of Finland became the first women in Europe to be granted the right to vote. [18] There are many women in Finland who hold prominent positions in Finnish society, in the academics, in the field of business, [18] and in the government of ...
According to the European Union, in 2022 the average workweek of people aged between 22 and 65 was 37.5 hours. The longest working weeks recorded were in Greece—41 hours a week— and Poland ...
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 ...
The relationship between euro and non-euro states has been on debate both during the UK's membership (as a large opt-out state) and in light of its withdrawal from the EU. The question is how Brexit might impact the balance of power between those in and out of the euro, namely avoiding a eurozone caucus out-voting non-euro states.