Because Europeans are used to cooperation as they use PR. Norway has a list system of PR. Strength through cooperation. And it engages all opinions and makes voices to be heard. If uk had PR would brexit ever have happened?
If Europe had used our electoral system instead of theoretical nonsense that PR represents would Hitler have ever come to power in1933? Would Italy have had weak and ever changing coalition Governments since 1945 and even more ridiculous now as a leftish 5 star party align themselves with a nationalist separatist Northern League.Would Spains Primeminister Rajoy have been levered from power by a similar ridiculous alliance between the Socialists and Catalan Seperatists. We had a referendum on whether to change the system in 2011 and the vote was to stay with the tested system.Finally the childish idea that "Europeans" are used to cooperation is fairy tale nonsense that is utter wishful thinking.
@@billycaspersghost7528 so says the gospel of the ERG. That is another bame for the British Fascist Party. A party in a party that has taken over the Tories.
@@billycaspersghost7528 The only country in Europe with the most complete inability of being an equal amongst equals over the years, has always been the UK... And by UK I mean England.
@@Ulrna she doesn't behave like an idiot, isn't ridiculing anyone, isn't racist, sticks to the topic, answers questions straight, is aware of the issues they talk about, etc etc
Norway's Foreign Minister is calm, in contact with reality, well informed, and extremely well spoken in English, which is her second or third language. She puts the entire British government, none of whom qualify under any of those headings*, to shame..... *With the possible exception of Mr Phillip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
But she didn't say anything, please listen to the interview. Interviewer asks about the advantages of being a member of Schengen and the EEA for Norway, something which is vastly unpopular in Norway. Other than the market which Britain will still have access to in the case of a non-deal scenario (logically enough), Søreide doesn't answer the question, she just delivers a rough explanation of the political and organisational relationship between Norway and the EU.
Who repeatedly lies and promotes discredited (and deliberately misleading) claims. Such as: - The Economists for Brexit reports that were torn to shreds by the London School of Economics and University of Bristol for cherry-picking data and not understanding the terms of WTO trade (in particular, removal of tariffs for would apply for all countries and not just the EU - meaning that there would be no incentive for any nation to negotiate a trade deal when the UK market is already open) - the IEA proposals (see above) - promoting an article in The Sun supposedly showing supposed tariff savings upin leaving the EU - that The Sun retracted because it was completely incorrect (especially as a number of items used as examples we import tariff free anyway due to the EBA arrangements the EU has with 50 nations and FTA with a further 40+ more). To date he still refuses to retract as he believes that the "principle is correct" So, he is either ignorant to EU related matters, or he's a liar.
@@Ulrna How would the UK without a deal have the same access to the single market as norway has? Without schengen there would have to be much more checks at the border, a higher amount of import taxes (and only those products can be imported that satisfy EU regulations anyway). That is not really the same level of access to the EU market that norway has.
Interesting to see that Norwegians voted not to join EU twice. However the Norwegian governments have still kept the country in single market without having a say at the table. Really tells who needs who.
Then I guess we should have common people in parliament, why bother having campaigns, elections and electing government which is actually "by the people " of the country
+Simon John I disagree that you can argue Norway being just as influential, the lacking of major conflicted interests does not equate equal in negotiating power. Merely similar interest. Even if the UK didn't botch the process, which they already have. Norway didn't overplay their hand. The UK has overplayed massively. They didn't have any definitive concept or scope of what Brexit entails... just vague fantastical promises from dubious parties, some whom even now shorting on UK to fail. UK marketed itself as the gateway into EU market for the english speaking world for decades, that is one of the definitive factor of their success... Brexit is essentially them cutting themselves out as the middle-man, unless the world got turn upside down in the next 10-20 years, there is no scenario where the UK come out of this without a lose, let alone ahead. They will eventually make deals, but they will not command remotely close to the same level of negotiating power as they had. Not to mention this whole thing makes them both untrustworthy and incompetent, further weakens any negotiating power left.
If this was a British politician she would have responded like a bot (brexit means brexit), insulted the EU (can go whistle for its money), and would have dodged most of the questions....
spot on, had to laugh. Was just watching a Channel 4 interview from last year with the then head of ERG who when confronted with the request to reveal membership given its public funding, repeats the same waffling answer more than five times, lying once that the information can be provided if needed. Was dumbstruck and more than a bit angry.
YOUR OBVIOUSLY A REMAINER, OUR POLITICIANS ARE CRAP I AGREE FULLY, BUT SO ARE THE EU POLITICIANS, AT LEAST OURS ARE ELECTED, UNLIKE THE EU DICTATORSHIP GOVERNED BY A NAZI IDEALS
christiaan hetzner This is funny - according to the news regarding the next EU-UK summit, Mrs May will have to find her own dinner. I quote: “One EU source confirmed there would be “no food on the table” at the meeting with Ms May, and that the meeting afterwards would take the format of a dinner because it “will take place at the time when normally people have dinners”.
I'm Norwegian so i can answer that. Norway outsourced all of our industry to foreign countries so in this case i say she's calm to keep the corruption going. We want out of EEA and the Schengen area.
@@Ulrna, fellow Norwegian here. Please stop pretending that your personal opinion is anything else but just that: your own opinion. A large majority is quite happy about the current status because we see massive advantages in being able to trade with the EU and the rest of the world through the deals we enjoy through the EEC.
@ lv gg "Because we rule the waves"? Britain USED TO "...rule the waves." Now, all you can do is try to convince the EU that the EU should waive its own rules for the benefit of the UK, a deluded country which decided to leave....
Virkelig Stein Erik? Er de det? Kan ikke du fortelle meg hva som er så konstruktivt med et Schengen og EØS medlemskap? Legg frem noen positive aspekter ved disse avtalene. Overbevis meg.
+Ulrna: Det er jo ingen større bevegelse i Norge for å forlate EØS og Schengen. Nordmenn fortsetter å stemme på partier som vil beholde disse ordningene. Hvem er dine meningsfeller?
and debates are kind of worthless because they usually revolve around scoring points and "winning" rhethorically and are difficult to pin down to stay on rational, fact based arguments.
Ulrna listening to her compare to Farage or Bojo, sensible, intelligent, pragmatic and fair. It isn’t about being pro EU, Britain shot itself in the foot.
Norway's population is around 8% that of the UK. By most metrics, the UK is set to become the most populous country in Europe by the middle of this century. The UK's economy is utterly different to that of Norway's.
+@@glynnwright1699 In some ways you're right. However both countries utterly depend on the EU as a trading partner. And brexit is going to be devestating for the UK as a result...
@@Luredreier EU contribution, through goods and services, to UK GDP is 10%. Half of that 10% is in services, where there is no single market, so the amount of trade that is affected by access to the EU single market is 5% of the British economy. If you postulate that leaving the EU costs 20% of that market, then that is 1% of British GDP; British GDP grew by 0.6% in the last three months. On the other hand, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden enjoy their largest surplus in trade with the UK. Around 20% of all German exported cars end up in the UK. The UK is also a very important export market for French, Spanish and Italian agricultural produce. In fact the UK will be the EU's largest external trading partner; every EU country, except Ireland, has a trade surplus with UK. Many of those imports can be substituted with products that are less expensive and better quality than EU products when they all have the same tariff regime. The EU's negotiating tactics have angered most of the British population, a poll yesterday showed that 30%+ of the population favour exiting the EU with no trading deal, in the absence of a fair settlement. That compares with just 9% who want a second referendum on EU membership. There is huge resentment, not only to the EU negotiating team, but also with many nations in the EU. The Dutch were the first to understand this and recently arranged a State Visit in attempt to improve relations between The Netherlands and UK after Brexit. They have committed to providing a destroyer to form part of the British carrier battle group that will travel to the Far East in 2021. Many British people now actively avoid buying anything from EU countries, they are strongly averse to any form of economic, military or political cooperation with the EU nations, including NATO, and the focus has already moved to old friends such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and many other countries in Asia and Africa. It didn't need to be this way, it would have been perfectly possible to arrange a amicable arrangement where the UK would have stayed connected with Europe. But now there is significant bitterness and distrust in the British population of European countries that will persist for generations. That bitterness will be set in the hearts of many on Sunday, when we remember the end of WW I and the huge numbers of British and Commonwealth soldiers that died during the last century so that Europe can be free and democratic.
Well, doesn't THIS interview highlight the value of investment in education. I'd be perfectly content to have this woman as the POTUS. I'd sleep soundly.
The idea of common rules and mirroring should be vastly adopted by all countries and promoted by the UN. It would standardize many relationships, much like the decimal measurements have standardised engineering and architecture.
"The preservation of the artic is NOT on the goverment agenda" she says. This does not mean it will be in the future like she would like it to suggest. It means they have plans to extract oil and gas from the arctic. The industry has been prepering with funds from the norwegian goverment for this chapter in the oil fairytale for at least the past 20 years
Very impressive FM. One Norwegian said to me shortly after the Brexit vote: "It's one matter not to have joined, it's quite another to have joined and then to leave." We wish our British neighbours well, while their misled democratic decision leads them and so many other countries in a direction that will be detrimental to all of us. Farage's 'independence' is illusory. I am proud that my country remains an enthusiastic EU member and, although part of it is still in the UK, I hope it will be united in peace before long.
I seem to recall Nigel Farage saying, "why could we not be like Norway". I think Mr Farage because your nothing but a rablbe-rouser with your loud mouth who equates volume with logic and intelligence.
Norway wants to preserve the single market. Their present single market includes the UK. Presumably, after Brexit they want to continue selling oil & gas to the UK. Are they now suggesting that they will stop this trade?
Germany is looking for a bigger chunk of Norwegian oil and gas for its growing economy. They would be an excellent substitute if the UK was out of the Single Market.
Popel Grüner / If what you suggest is true, then why did Germany not establish a pipeline from Norway, prior to signing a deal with Russia. Are you aware that two pipelines from Norway to the UK are already in operation under the North Sea?
LV31 Norway has a population of 5 million, every citizen has a share in its vast oil & gas riches. With such wealth, being a member of the EU single market, has very little benefit. The downside for Norway is being in the Schengen zone.
They aren't in the EU they are only part of the free trade part of the EU like with Switzerland, iceland etc. I'm guessing apart from oil and gas they are mostly made up of ice so they can't grow anything so for them the trade deal is very beneficial. I don't know quite how it works but I think they pay to be part of the trade but they don't have to pay as much as everyone else because they aren't a member of the EU. So if the UK still wanted to be part of the trade system which is want they are trying to get to their benefit. They would still have to pay to be in the trade system and follow everything or nothing which is where the EU is getting annoyed at because they want parts of it but not all of it. Other countries may benefit from this because they have food, water, drinks etc etc but they might not have oil and gas. This is partly why countries went to war to gain things they didn't have in their country. It allows countries to trade without fighting each other.
@@jenniferbloomfield2486 And we too can and will be a friendly neighbour. As a Brexiteer of many years standing I don't think we should pay for access to a market in goods where the EU clearly benefits more. For my taste we have been a little too feeble in our dealings with the EU. The future is what we make of it
I disagree that that the UK doesn't benefit from the EU in fact we may have more support than any other country. London may be rich but that is mostly only due to the royal family. Everywhere else isn't that rich. They don't get money from the government and if it wasn't for the EU there would be a lot of things that wouldn't get done. Also if the EU pays for the NHS what will happen to the NHS once we leave the EU.
@@jenniferbloomfield2486 Don't forget the leave vote was the strongest outside London. When employers have the possibility of hiring trained staff from abroad they stop investing in the training of locals and they also invest in technology less. The EU is a protected market that mostly benefits the producers, especially the big business. The NHS has a key role in training the next generation. It used to be like this.
Since Gro Harlem Brundtland signed us into the EEA in 1994 without the public's consent, and after two referendums both of which the public voted to not join the EU.
At some point Norway will have to join the Eurozone or leave the single market, as the germans have allready been speaking about members joining the Euro or being kicked out of the EU.
No I do not refer to Sweden, Norway is in the single market, not a full member true, but any country in the single market will be dragged into the EU superstate or told to leave the single market.
all these talks about environmental friendly oil exploration is plain nonsense. This is lipservice to envronment just like Greenpeace does, but admit that only China's greenhouse emissions are bad for Arctic. A rich and socially stable nation's greediness is the killer of the Arctics, yes it is Norway. Do a lot of drilling but make a few wind turbines just to show that we are mindful of the damages we do.
I'll remind you that she is from a right sided party which governs Norway at the moment. they are pro NATO, and EU, in fact the only party in Norway who wants EU Membership. So her comments is biased as to what her party's ambition is.
You can enjoy your ration card (nice blue!) and a potato a day diet. No blue passports as the French company that will make them wont be able to transport them in with a no deal Brexit as no legal structures to do so.
@@Nemothewonderfish Yes that's a joke a French company making our passports that should of bin a British company as always propping up French economy even when we leave.
@Ulrna And when did the Norwegian people elect you as their only true voice? The reality is that all available polling evidence shows strong support in Norway for the current EEA/Schengen situation.
What a refreshing politician comparing with the bafoons from the UK...
Because Europeans are used to cooperation as they use PR. Norway has a list system of PR. Strength through cooperation. And it engages all opinions and makes voices to be heard. If uk had PR would brexit ever have happened?
If Europe had used our electoral system instead of theoretical nonsense that PR represents would Hitler have ever come to power in1933? Would Italy have had weak and ever changing coalition Governments since 1945 and even more ridiculous now as a leftish 5 star party align themselves with a nationalist separatist Northern League.Would Spains Primeminister Rajoy have been levered from power by a similar ridiculous alliance between the Socialists and Catalan Seperatists. We had a referendum on whether to change the system in 2011 and the vote was to stay with the tested system.Finally the childish idea that "Europeans" are used to cooperation is fairy tale nonsense that is utter wishful thinking.
@@billycaspersghost7528 so says the gospel of the ERG. That is another bame for the British Fascist Party. A party in a party that has taken over the Tories.
@@billycaspersghost7528
The only country in Europe with the most complete inability of being an equal amongst equals over the years, has always been the UK...
And by UK I mean England.
I haven`t a clue what you`re talking about and neither do you.
Look at the diplomacy of the Norwegian foreign minister and look at the diplomacy of the UK foreign minister...
What is particularly diplomatic about this interview?
@@Ulrna she doesn't behave like an idiot, isn't ridiculing anyone, isn't racist, sticks to the topic, answers questions straight, is aware of the issues they talk about, etc etc
@Dusan Veselka And racism, what do you mean by that? Being critical of the EU or opposing massive immigration?
She doesn't answer the question, se explains the structural and political relationship between Norway and the EU.
Dusan Veselka
Amen......
Norway's Foreign Minister is calm, in contact with reality, well informed, and extremely well spoken in English, which is her second or third language.
She puts the entire British government, none of whom qualify under any of those headings*, to shame.....
*With the possible exception of Mr Phillip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
But she didn't say anything, please listen to the interview. Interviewer asks about the advantages of being a member of Schengen and the EEA for Norway, something which is vastly unpopular in Norway.
Other than the market which Britain will still have access to in the case of a non-deal scenario (logically enough), Søreide doesn't answer the question, she just delivers a rough explanation of the political and organisational relationship between Norway and the EU.
If it is vastly unpopular, the logically Norway could leave these arrangements.
Who repeatedly lies and promotes discredited (and deliberately misleading) claims. Such as:
- The Economists for Brexit reports that were torn to shreds by the London School of Economics and University of Bristol for cherry-picking data and not understanding the terms of WTO trade (in particular, removal of tariffs for would apply for all countries and not just the EU - meaning that there would be no incentive for any nation to negotiate a trade deal when the UK market is already open)
- the IEA proposals (see above)
- promoting an article in The Sun supposedly showing supposed tariff savings upin leaving the EU - that The Sun retracted because it was completely incorrect (especially as a number of items used as examples we import tariff free anyway due to the EBA arrangements the EU has with 50 nations and FTA with a further 40+ more). To date he still refuses to retract as he believes that the "principle is correct"
So, he is either ignorant to EU related matters, or he's a liar.
Oh shut up. The likes of you will be slagging her off after six months.
@@Ulrna How would the UK without a deal have the same access to the single market as norway has? Without schengen there would have to be much more checks at the border, a higher amount of import taxes (and only those products can be imported that satisfy EU regulations anyway). That is not really the same level of access to the EU market that norway has.
Interesting to see that Norwegians voted not to join EU twice. However the Norwegian governments have still kept the country in single market without having a say at the table. Really tells who needs who.
Then I guess we should have common people in parliament, why bother having campaigns, elections and electing government which is actually "by the people " of the country
+Simon John I disagree that you can argue Norway being just as influential, the lacking of major conflicted interests does not equate equal in negotiating power. Merely similar interest. Even if the UK didn't botch the process, which they already have. Norway didn't overplay their hand. The UK has overplayed massively.
They didn't have any definitive concept or scope of what Brexit entails... just vague fantastical promises from dubious parties, some whom even now shorting on UK to fail. UK marketed itself as the gateway into EU market for the english speaking world for decades, that is one of the definitive factor of their success... Brexit is essentially them cutting themselves out as the middle-man, unless the world got turn upside down in the next 10-20 years, there is no scenario where the UK come out of this without a lose, let alone ahead. They will eventually make deals, but they will not command remotely close to the same level of negotiating power as they had. Not to mention this whole thing makes them both untrustworthy and incompetent, further weakens any negotiating power left.
If this was a British politician she would have responded like a bot (brexit means brexit), insulted the EU (can go whistle for its money), and would have dodged most of the questions....
spot on, had to laugh. Was just watching a Channel 4 interview from last year with the then head of ERG who when confronted with the request to reveal membership given its public funding, repeats the same waffling answer more than five times, lying once that the information can be provided if needed. Was dumbstruck and more than a bit angry.
Lasse Riise Nope never said that ... you’re commenting on the wrong post
YOUR OBVIOUSLY A REMAINER, OUR POLITICIANS ARE CRAP I AGREE FULLY, BUT SO ARE THE EU POLITICIANS, AT LEAST OURS ARE ELECTED, UNLIKE THE EU DICTATORSHIP GOVERNED BY A NAZI IDEALS
christiaan hetzner This is funny - according to the news regarding the next EU-UK summit, Mrs May will have to find her own dinner. I quote: “One EU source confirmed there would be “no food on the table” at the meeting with Ms May, and that the meeting afterwards would take the format of a dinner because it “will take place at the time when normally people have dinners”.
fantastic spokesperson for her country in a second language
why are the norwegians so calm and the british constipated with pride and egos.
I'm Norwegian so i can answer that.
Norway outsourced all of our industry to foreign countries so in this case i say she's calm to keep the corruption going.
We want out of EEA and the Schengen area.
@@Ulrna, fellow Norwegian here. Please stop pretending that your personal opinion is anything else but just that: your own opinion. A large majority is quite happy about the current status because we see massive advantages in being able to trade with the EU and the rest of the world through the deals we enjoy through the EEC.
@ lv gg
"Because we rule the waves"?
Britain USED TO "...rule the waves."
Now, all you can do is try to convince the EU that the EU should waive its own rules for the benefit of the UK, a deluded country which decided to leave....
Virkelig Stein Erik? Er de det?
Kan ikke du fortelle meg hva som er så konstruktivt med et Schengen og EØS medlemskap?
Legg frem noen positive aspekter ved disse avtalene. Overbevis meg.
+Ulrna: Det er jo ingen større bevegelse i Norge for å forlate EØS og Schengen. Nordmenn fortsetter å stemme på partier som vil beholde disse ordningene. Hvem er dine meningsfeller?
WHAT AN AMAZING WOMAN, CALM AND COLLECTED, DIDNT DODGE ANYTHING, I WISH OUR PM COULD BE THIS WAY,
Wow a very articulate and well spoken and intelligent leader for a change. Will wonders never cease. Let’s hire her!
Why can't our politicians be like her? Ours seem obsessed with shouting loudly about absolutely nothing.
Alastair Rosie Our MPs are largely career politicians, not just there for a personal political belief
Norway is not a complicated country and not a global player like the U.K.
The UK has as much oil and gas as Norway - it just forgot to save the money...
It was stolen by the elites - Norway gave it to their people
7jonny77 No it didn't: it put it into an off-shore trust.
The UK has a population approaching 70M, Norway has a population of 5M.
The wealth fund pays for the social systems Norway has so it is used for the people. It is worth about £200,000 per person if it was liquidated.
Brits wish to be as rich as the Norwegians.
Absolutely amazing discussion from both sides. Thanks France 24.
both sides of what?
Søreide is massively pro EU.
both sides of the "discussion". an interview is not the same as a debate.
Decent, professional
and debates are kind of worthless because they usually revolve around scoring points and "winning" rhethorically and are difficult to pin down to stay on rational, fact based arguments.
Ulrna listening to her compare to Farage or Bojo, sensible, intelligent, pragmatic and fair. It isn’t about being pro EU, Britain shot itself in the foot.
What fools we have become in England
Well Norway is bigger than the UK but smaller than Germany in size.
The UK 243 610 sq km, Norway 323 802 and Germany 357,022
Norway's population is around 8% that of the UK. By most metrics, the UK is set to become the most populous country in Europe by the middle of this century. The UK's economy is utterly different to that of Norway's.
thats without Svalbard
Akkurat, but I suppose the Falkland islands are not included in the UK area either, spelar ingen roll, however.
+@@glynnwright1699
In some ways you're right.
However both countries utterly depend on the EU as a trading partner.
And brexit is going to be devestating for the UK as a result...
@@Luredreier EU contribution, through goods and services, to UK GDP is 10%. Half of that 10% is in services, where there is no single market, so the amount of trade that is affected by access to the EU single market is 5% of the British economy. If you postulate that leaving the EU costs 20% of that market, then that is 1% of British GDP; British GDP grew by 0.6% in the last three months.
On the other hand, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden enjoy their largest surplus in trade with the UK. Around 20% of all German exported cars end up in the UK. The UK is also a very important export market for French, Spanish and Italian agricultural produce. In fact the UK will be the EU's largest external trading partner; every EU country, except Ireland, has a trade surplus with UK. Many of those imports can be substituted with products that are less expensive and better quality than EU products when they all have the same tariff regime.
The EU's negotiating tactics have angered most of the British population, a poll yesterday showed that 30%+ of the population favour exiting the EU with no trading deal, in the absence of a fair settlement. That compares with just 9% who want a second referendum on EU membership. There is huge resentment, not only to the EU negotiating team, but also with many nations in the EU.
The Dutch were the first to understand this and recently arranged a State Visit in attempt to improve relations between The Netherlands and UK after Brexit. They have committed to providing a destroyer to form part of the British carrier battle group that will travel to the Far East in 2021.
Many British people now actively avoid buying anything from EU countries, they are strongly averse to any form of economic, military or political cooperation with the EU nations, including NATO, and the focus has already moved to old friends such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and many other countries in Asia and Africa.
It didn't need to be this way, it would have been perfectly possible to arrange a amicable arrangement where the UK would have stayed connected with Europe. But now there is significant bitterness and distrust in the British population of European countries that will persist for generations. That bitterness will be set in the hearts of many on Sunday, when we remember the end of WW I and the huge numbers of British and Commonwealth soldiers that died during the last century so that Europe can be free and democratic.
Well, doesn't THIS interview highlight the value of investment in education. I'd be perfectly content to have this woman as the POTUS. I'd sleep soundly.
Greetings from Norway! She certainly is calmer than Trump.
The idea of common rules and mirroring should be vastly adopted by all countries and promoted by the UN. It would standardize many relationships, much like the decimal measurements have standardised engineering and architecture.
Maybe not the best idea for France 24 to send a poorly prepared Brit to interview Norway's foreign minister (and former defense minister).
Ine 💙💚
What a treat. A COUGAR that makes scense.
Great politician
"The preservation of the artic is NOT on the goverment agenda" she says. This does not mean it will be in the future like she would like it to suggest. It means they have plans to extract oil and gas from the arctic. The industry has been prepering with funds from the norwegian goverment for this chapter in the oil fairytale for at least the past 20 years
The UK is a sharia Jewish Islamic Capitol of Europe. Norway is much different, it's a Viking Slavic/Jewish/Chinese nation.
As a Brit planning to move to Norway, I hope I'll still be able to work and remain post-brexit.
@@Kitiwake I don't vote for religious reasons, but I'm curious about why you thought that.
Very impressive FM. One Norwegian said to me shortly after the Brexit vote: "It's one matter not to have joined, it's quite another to have joined and then to leave." We wish our British neighbours well, while their misled democratic decision leads them and so many other countries in a direction that will be detrimental to all of us. Farage's 'independence' is illusory. I am proud that my country remains an enthusiastic EU member and, although part of it is still in the UK, I hope it will be united in peace before long.
I seem to recall Nigel Farage saying, "why could we not be like Norway". I think Mr Farage because your nothing but a rablbe-rouser with your loud mouth who equates volume with logic and intelligence.
Tridhos ..Who cares what Farage thinks? He is a political troll. He talks a lot for someone who has nothing to say. Tomma tunnor skramlar mest....
@@plerpplerp5599 Farage is a very dangerous man. People laughed off a certain Bohemian Corporal in the 20s and 30s as a loud mouth....
Stop press voters to carry on voting on BREXIT until they get it right...........
You mean stop presenting other world leaders that have ideas that don't fit your opinion?
Norway seems to be doing it well, great country.
Just remind me what Norway sells to the UK somebody? I genuinely can't remember.
And?? Do they need the UK?
@@Javahc1 Probably not, but what do they sell to the UK?
fish
@@lechevaliermalfet1 Thanks dab! I thought that was going to be the main answer.
she said 40 % of natural gas are sold to the UK
I thought this was Cillian Murphy talking about brexit
Norway wants to preserve the single market. Their present single market includes the UK. Presumably, after Brexit they want to continue selling oil & gas to the UK. Are they now suggesting that they will stop this trade?
John Walker
In economic terms, the single market is much more important to Norway than the UK.
Germany is looking for a bigger chunk of Norwegian oil and gas for its growing economy. They would be an excellent substitute if the UK was out of the Single Market.
John Walker
Did you listen to the whole broadcast ?
Popel Grüner / If what you suggest is true, then why did Germany not establish a pipeline from Norway, prior to signing a deal with Russia. Are you aware that two pipelines from Norway to the UK are already in operation under the North Sea?
LV31 Norway has a population of 5 million, every citizen has a share in its vast oil & gas riches. With such wealth, being a member of the EU single market, has very little benefit. The downside for Norway is being in the Schengen zone.
But the UK has nukes ! Norway hasn't !
That means they have to do what we tell them !
( Sarcasm. Just echoing brexiteers mentality)
that includes Nicola Sturgeon, and SNP mongs living in England Gordon ,,,still a moron
@@louisgunn
Ah but listen to the words of the song ?
It was Gordon who ended up shagging " Julie " !
Hurrr hurrr hurrr
tho you are a moron, you are just fcuked,no Julie.
Since when is Norway in the EU. And there is no public will in Norway to join. Better out like we will be.
They aren't in the EU they are only part of the free trade part of the EU like with Switzerland, iceland etc. I'm guessing apart from oil and gas they are mostly made up of ice so they can't grow anything so for them the trade deal is very beneficial. I don't know quite how it works but I think they pay to be part of the trade but they don't have to pay as much as everyone else because they aren't a member of the EU. So if the UK still wanted to be part of the trade system which is want they are trying to get to their benefit. They would still have to pay to be in the trade system and follow everything or nothing which is where the EU is getting annoyed at because they want parts of it but not all of it. Other countries may benefit from this because they have food, water, drinks etc etc but they might not have oil and gas. This is partly why countries went to war to gain things they didn't have in their country. It allows countries to trade without fighting each other.
@@jenniferbloomfield2486 And we too can and will be a friendly neighbour. As a Brexiteer of many years standing I don't think we should pay for access to a market in goods where the EU clearly benefits more. For my taste we have been a little too feeble in our dealings with the EU. The future is what we make of it
I disagree that that the UK doesn't benefit from the EU in fact we may have more support than any other country. London may be rich but that is mostly only due to the royal family. Everywhere else isn't that rich. They don't get money from the government and if it wasn't for the EU there would be a lot of things that wouldn't get done. Also if the EU pays for the NHS what will happen to the NHS once we leave the EU.
@@jenniferbloomfield2486 Don't forget the leave vote was the strongest outside London. When employers have the possibility of hiring trained staff from abroad they stop investing in the training of locals and they also invest in technology less. The EU is a protected market that mostly benefits the producers, especially the big business. The NHS has a key role in training the next generation. It used to be like this.
Since Gro Harlem Brundtland signed us into the EEA in 1994 without the public's consent, and after two referendums both of which the public voted to not join the EU.
Another one saying because you have an opinion about your country they think you hate people
Will Santa Claus be classed as a illegal immigrant??? and his presents have tariffs, and Rudolph have diplomatic immunity if he shits in the strret
nobody made the vulcanian connection? she looks just like spock.
She responded like a true politician. She avoided answering any of the politically inconvenient questions directly.
Yanks sending an aircraft carrier to Norway. Did you ask for it?
It's a NATO exercise you moron and this was all cleared so yes we did it's due to take place pretty soon on the 21st I think.
At some point Norway will have to join the Eurozone or leave the single market, as the germans have allready been speaking about members joining the Euro or being kicked out of the EU.
No I do not refer to Sweden, Norway is in the single market, not a full member true, but any country in the single market will be dragged into the EU superstate or told to leave the single market.
all these talks about environmental friendly oil exploration is plain nonsense. This is lipservice to envronment just like Greenpeace does, but admit that only China's greenhouse emissions are bad for Arctic. A rich and socially stable nation's greediness is the killer of the Arctics, yes it is Norway. Do a lot of drilling but make a few wind turbines just to show that we are mindful of the damages we do.
Warning BREXIT LATEST woman knickers will fall down due to shortage of elastic, men to vote for BREXIT...........
Fear mongering again!
She is kinda hot
Common market is fine, United State of Europe was not, hence the vote out! Free movement won the out vote, simple we don't want it.
must be barmy to want freedom of movement
WTO.
Norway...prime.minister....sim...for...Gay...or..Lesbian...
I'll remind you that she is from a right sided party which governs Norway at the moment. they are pro NATO, and EU, in fact the only party in Norway who wants EU Membership. So her comments is biased as to what her party's ambition is.
What a terrible hair-do.
just another EU clone
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you can keep your single market but Britain won't be part of it.
You can enjoy your ration card (nice blue!) and a potato a day diet. No blue passports as the French company that will make them wont be able to transport them in with a no deal Brexit as no legal structures to do so.
@@Nemothewonderfish Yes that's a joke a French company making our passports that should of bin a British company as always propping up French economy even when we leave.
Spoken like a true traitor. Try Russia. You will like it under Putin! Or another Russian paid troll?
Norway here. We want out of Schengen and the European Economic Area!
You mean a norwegian right? or do you speak for all the country? If thats the case... wow, you are so important.
@Ulrna
And when did the Norwegian people elect you as their only true voice?
The reality is that all available polling evidence shows strong support in Norway for the current EEA/Schengen situation.
There is no political party in the Norwegian parliament with the agenda you describe. Who did you vote for?
You again?...
Troll go away
Is that thing in the blue shirt and bow a man or woman??
WTF cares, it seems to be a thoughtful and capable politician. But then, the question is, are you a Troll or a Gnoll?
Bruce Kirk
You are right..pfffff ??
Bruce Kirk .. 🤦♂️
Bruce ,,,I thought it was of the Beatles in Drag, yeh yeh yehh!
@@louisgunn Lol