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What are your views on Norway’s relationship with the EU?
1994 is not that long ago, and the politicians still entered EU regardless.
When we visited Brussel during VGs ~10 years ago we had a guide show us around the EU headquarters, when the guide asked how many wanted to join EU only two people raised their hand. Small sample pool, but I don’t think the younger voting generation are overwhelmingly pro EU or anything. A 2023 poll also had 56% in opposition to joining EU, and only 52% in support for EØS.
The average Norwegian has never had the chance to vote on the EU. The people who voted twice are all retired or dead.
1994 is not that long ago, and the politicians still entered EU regardless.
When we visited Brussel during VGs ~10 years ago we had a guide show us around the EU headquarters, when the guide asked how many wanted to join EU only two people raised their hand. Small sample pool, but I don’t think the younger voting generation are overwhelmingly pro EU or anything. A 2023 poll also had 56% in opposition to joining EU, and only 52% in support for EØS.