Surviving Brexit: twelve lessons from Norway

NUPI Policy Brief
Themes
International organizations  The EU  Foreign policy
Written by

Ulf Sverdrup

Former Director

Summary:

One year after the referendum, after losing its majority in the general election, the UK government is revising what Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson famously labelled the ‘Cake-and-Eat-It’ approach to Brexit. In this context, it might be worth asking if there is anything the UK can learn from Norway’s quarter of a century experience as a ‘quasimember’ of the European Union.