A Differentiated Europe Facing Brexit – What Can We Learn From ‘The Norway Model’?

A lecture by Prof. John Erik Fossum organised in the framework of the Differentiation: Clustering Excellence (DiCE) project on 24 February 2020 at the Schuman Centre of the European University Institute.

Norway’s EU affiliation is generally discussed under the heading of ‘external differentiation’ because Norway enjoys full access to the EU’s internal market and is affiliated with Schengen with responsibility for EU border controls. This very close affiliation is interesting given that the EU membership issue has been one of, if not the, most politically divisive issue in the postwar period. What are the factors and forces sustaining this arrangement? In this presentation, Prof. John Erik Fossum discussed this question with explicit reference to Brexit as well as with regard to the broader question of how the EU handles external forms of differentiation.

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[simoncolombo]

Thanks for the very interesting presentation and conversation.

[gubusgubus]

UK independence is more important than few percentage up or down on the economical chart

[gubusgubus]

WTO is the foundation for all international trade agreements

[gubusgubus]

Imports from EU will be massively reduced as UK would get more goods from the rest of the world