Why Norway, Switzerland, and Iceland REFUSE to Join the EU 

its geo politico for muricans ! cyprus is a plant and ukraine is somewhere in russia but they not sure where

LOL

2:30 oh I see

That's why you can't control your border. Funny that.

Wat? "the the French"? Blocking? From too?

No, we technically are not. We are however part of EFTA and EEA.

@@ollierkul EEA is commonly considered a "membership light". Sure, we retain some idependence, but we also agree to rules and regulations. Sometimes even to the surprise of otherwise EU positive political parties here in Norway, as demonstrated by the NAV scandal, where failure to observe the regulations on free movement relating to welfare landed a bunch of Norwegian citizens in jail for "fraud" - when in fact it was the government that defrauded their own citizens. Over the course of more than two decades (!), since they rules basically were the same since the ratification of the EEA. Also, to the annoyance of the most avid opposition to the EU, there is stable and broad support for the EEA. So, we're sort of in an open relationship with the EU. Or membership light.

@@beelzeduck Why bother writing a whole rant on this? Its a simple matter of fact that we are not "technically part of the EU". Argue the details and benefits we do or do not gain all you want, but it's just not relevant.

@@ollierkul it is if and when one is talking with avid "Nei til EU"-members. They most _certainly_ regard us as members, what with their questioning the constitutionality of the EEA - or even naming Gro as "traitorous" and whatnot. That you do not think it is relevant _is itself irrelevant_ . As long as considerable amounts of our population find it of relevance: it is. And there are no points to any argument on the internets. On rare occasions meaningful consersation may be had. But it is mostly, and particularly here on youtubes dysfunctional comments section, something done either in response to annoyance - or to cause exactly that.

@@beelzeduck People's personal opinions have zero relevance when it comes to technical details and facts. We could have a whole conversation about what our agreements mean for us, but that's off topic in this particular matter, and something to be discussed another place and day.

There is just no use for The EU. Today

@@TokerJoker420 The EU's biggest win was forcing Apple to adopt a standard USB port. As much of an accomplishment as that is, was it worth the expense and bureaucracy? 😆

@@maybehuman4 talk about pain in the ass hahaha

@@TokerJoker420 you´re not very smart, are you..?

@@maybehuman4you are mistaken about EU bureaucracy. A key purpose of the EU is to prevent member states from tying each other up with incompatible rules. Compared to 27 national bureaucracies, EU’s is simple. This frees up a lot of red tape, which EU members can and do use to influence third countries and multinational corporations way beyond EU borders. Apple is just an example; CE as a whole is far more relevant. Meanwhile, Brexitannia is slowly adjusting to its new status as rule taker.

why should someone in europe make laws for people not in the same region ?

@@forsakenstar101 Very simply, if a country outside the EU wants to sell its services and products in the duty-free market of half a billion consumers, it must pay a membership fee and accept the rules established by the 27 member states.

@@ivanivic9901you failed to mention that Switzerland has direct democracy which does not comply with eu laws on elections . Their gun culture and gun rights are under threat from it as well as their foreign policy . Do you think Switzerland will still be neutral as part of the eu ?

@@theprofessional155 Switzerland does not have direct democracy, at least not in the sense of ancient direct democracy where Athenians decided on every issue by voting. Switzerland has a representative parliament and a government elected in free elections. In this aspect, it is no different from other European democracies. The EU does not deal with issues such as weapons. Finnish citizens also have large quantities of weapons in their homes. This issue is regulated by national legislation, not European. Austria is a neutral country, but it is still a member of the EU.

Wrong again, self-congratulatory back padding for a false claim to a contest that is not exist

Doubt

But Norway already joined long ago. They have the same law like we, same market rules etc. The only difference is that you guys don't want to vote for new laws. And for fish and oil.. Maby after 2050 when we don't need oil anymore you guys can hold a referendum.

@@pieterjan29I feel we should vote on it no matter what. Two whole new generations are born now who have never voted on joining the EU or not. It probably will still be a no but the politicians are refusing to even let us vote on it.

@@BetalerIkkeSkatt 80% of our politicians wants to join EU really bad, there is a reasen why they have not asked for a vote. They know to majority of people will say no. A seat in Brussels what good will that do, members veto right is problaby going away soon. Norway has everything to loose and very little too gain.

@@pabr2405 indeed and we are in EFTA not EU .... so we get the good things we want .... and not the crap we dont want :)

You are in Schengen, so basically you have almost all the advantages already. Why would you give up your autonomy and let bureaucrats from Brussels to decide how to do your agriculture, mining, fishing etc. Globalist already pushing their agendas anyway. Pls Norway stay that way and stay strong, I love your country......always beautiful holidays and trips there.

But there is _less_ bureaucratic red tape as a whole. The amount of bureocracy business has to overcome in order to export their products is _easier_ with the common market. Citizens of member countries (or the EEA) do not have to apply for visas for visiting another of the countries. And other forms of cooperation. We got a light version of the before times during the pandemic. The various European countries are perfectly capable of creating inefficient bureaucracy whether or not part of the EU. Politicians make (possibly unnecessarily) complex rules everywhere. Heck, even countries like the US manages that - excelling at having _pivatized_ bureaucracy in areas like health or prisons _as well_ as having public bureacracy.

Nope. Ireland received huge amounts of EU funds for farmers, roads and infrastructure. Ireland was one of the major beneficiary of the EU in terms of subsidies up until around 2013 when Ireland became a net contributor to the EU budget. If you keep forgetting that then you are truly lost. Ireland gets representation at EU level on the council of Europe also and that was more evident through the Brexit negotiations. Also when the EU tried to impose a minimum corporate tax, Ireland was at the fore front of negotiation where all companies pay 15% except for multi national companies who still pay 12.5% in Ireland. If Ireland wasn't a member of the EU there would have been 20% tax rate on all companies and Ireland wouldn't have received so much economic funding for farmers and infrastructure it had for 40 years.

Wow that’s so democratic ! Stop sharing stupid ideas

@@Wisteria__Lane some people dont get what Democratic means ... and thats sad

Would not work, Switzerland can sell stuff online have the foreign buyers pick the stuff up in Switzerland and take it home themselves, or is the EU for example going to open fire on lets say civilian United states, Russian, Chinese etc.. aircraft and vehicles as they enter and leave Switzerland? If they do or attempt to detain interfere with those exports the EU risk getting into diplomatic incidents with those countries not bound to the EU membership. Even then are you mistaking Swiss neutrality for being defenceless? their foreign policy is armed neutrality, they have a decent size military and could view such actions by the EU as an act of aggression if not outright war.