Why aren't Norway, Switzerland, and Iceland part of the European Union?
Why aren't Norway, Switzerland, and Iceland part of the European Union?
Jackson Lewis
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Joseph Watson
They are too good for that
Cameron Martin
they're greedy jews
Adam Allen
>Kaliningrad is part of EU
lel
Levi Cox
Switzerland is neutral and has stayed out of international conflicts for at least two decades. By joining the EU, they would get dragged into shit. Norway and Iceland I have no idea about
Liam Williams
>rich as fuck
>have almost the same trade rights that EU countries have
>actually have borders
I guess they are smart.
Cameron Collins
One of my biggest wishes is that we wouldn't be.
Jackson Nelson
Don't you think it is cool you can drive to Portugal without any borders on your way?
Jaxon Jones
In Switzerland's case it's cause they're lame faggots.
Carson Diaz
>without any borders on your way?
>drive to portugal
???
Lucas Sullivan
>driving from Finland to Portugal
Right.
Michael Bell
When the time was right for them to join powerful individuals who profit from the current situation lobbyied against the membership so the people voted out.
Jonathan Richardson
>>actually have borders
They're part of Schengen, you know?
Adam Roberts
you dont stop at borders in EU, you can drive freely through
Colton James
What's your problem? There is literally 0 borders between their countries, it's shengen.
France, Germany, Netherlands, whatever you want.
Zachary Butler
I drove once, was it in 2004? Via eastern Europe, Italy etc...
Luke Phillips
>Norway
Oilniggers, they'll join when the oil runs dry
>Switzerland
Tax haven
>Iceland
It seemed like they were going to join for a while but froze negotiations, no idea why.
Adam Howard
Because they fear EU regulations on fishing quotas.
Liam Ramirez
Would hurt our two main export industries, the seafood- and the petroleum industry. EU fishing boats would have access to our waters and EU would have more control on who we sell petroleum to and how much we produce/export. Farmers wouldn't be able to compete with the rest of the EU as the farms are much smaller, production costs much higher and we have several restrictions on GMO food etc. that EU don't. A tiny country like ours have next to no influence as a member, so might as well stay out.
Jaxson Sullivan
Yeah you do that in an hour and the only inconvenience would be borders where you wouldnt be stopped anyway.
Owen Hall
>muh oil
Ian Perez
Norway and Switzerland can afford that. They pay for the access to the EU market and have to implement most of the EU regulations.
Thomas Edwards
The fish is ours! OURS!
Gabriel Bailey
>That map
Eli Williams
This is one major reason. Another is that every single Norwegian can see that EU is not working very well.
Wyatt Phillips
they don't want to spend money on eastern europe
Landon Watson
For good reason
Robert Peterson
We choose not to join because we would have lost the our direct democracy.
Lincoln Gutierrez
You choose not to join because a billionaire spend millions of Franken to prevent the yes vote.
Ethan Gonzalez
Source on that
Christopher Watson
The spice must flow
Josiah Brooks
They should join and pay for our benefits
Brayden Turner
>actually have borders
Next time, do your research before commenting, hue.
Evan Ward
So what do you do with it? I haven't seen what fish dishes are like in Iceland.
Easton Stewart
Seems like a good reason. Direct democracy sounds awesome.
Daniel Taylor
1992: Switzerland rejects membership of the EEA with 50.3% of voters
1997: A referendum to start applying to the EU is rejected by 71.4% of voters
2001: The referendum to apply to the EU is rejected by 76.8% of voters
According to: tagesanzeiger.ch
As low as 11.5% the Swiss citizens today are in favour of joining the EU
We're keeping our currency and direct democracy, thank you and goodbye
Dominic Robinson
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