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Norway was a founding member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in 1960, which was originally set up as an alternative to the European Economic Community (EEC), the main predecessor of the EU. Norway had considered joining both the EEC and the European Union, but opted to decline following referendums in 1972 and 1994.
The Norway Grants (€804.6 million), solely financed by Norway, were available in the 13 countries that joined the EU after 2003. Spain received only transitional funding in the 2009–2014 period. After joining the EU in 2013, Croatia became a member of the EEA in 2014, and consequently a beneficiary country of the EEA and Norway Grants. [2] [24]
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 ...
The summit took place on 18 July 2024 at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock. [5] The agenda included an opening plenary, followed by three roundtables on migration (chaired by Italy and Albania), energy and connectivity (chaired by Norway and Slovenia), and defending and securing democracy, before ending with a closing plenary. [23]
The summit meeting of the European Union was notable because heads of states from the EU gathered in Gothenburg, and also because the American President George W. Bush visited Sweden for the first time on the day before the summit meeting. As a reaction to this, protesters from all over the world planned to gather in Gothenburg to demonstrate ...
Two generals from Norway and Russia met in the Arctic on Thursday to discuss border cooperation and related issues, the Norwegian armed forces said on Friday, in the first known such meeting since ...
The European Committee (Norwegian: Europautvalget), formerly known as the EEA Committee (Norwegian: EØS-utvalget) is a special committee of the Parliament of Norway. It discusses important issues regarding the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) with the government. In particular, the ...
Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three Western European nations to add international pressure on Israel to soften its ...