A High-Stakes Fight Is Brewing in Norway Over EU Relations
A view of Oslo at dusk.
Photographer: Vidar Ruud/NTB/AFP/Getty Images
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Kicking off the year in a T-shirt proclaiming that she “loves, loves the EEA,” Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide hinted at the high-stakes fight that’s brewing in Norway over its relationship with the European Union.
Soreide’s show of passion comes 25 years after Norway linked itself to the EU in a free-trade deal as part of the European Economic Area, a compromise solution after voters in a referendum rejected joining the bloc.