The re-emergence of the EU issue in Norwegian politics.(European Union)

From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

BACKGROUND

Norway's relationship to the process of European integration has been characterized as one of "skepticism bordering on hostility" (Pharo 1999:23). Pharo describes how Norwegian governments were gradually drawn toward closer European cooperation, but driven by a feeling of necessity and fear of isolation, rather than a belief in the value of European integration itself. In the early 1960s Norway followed Britain's and Denmark's application for membership, but the initiatives were blocked by French opposition. Membership again became a possibility in the late 1960s, ...

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