One of the suggestions for a "soft" Brexit has been membership of EFTA, an organisation we were a founder of in 1960. At present it includes Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. But now it seems Norway may not want us to be a member (HERE) and who can blame them?
Norway’s European affairs minister, Elisabeth Vik Aspaker, reflecting a growing debate in the country following the Brexit vote in the UK, told the Aftenposten newspaper: “It’s not certain that it would be a good idea to let a big country into this organisation. It would shift the balance, which is not necessarily in Norway’s interests.”
I don't think this would stop us becoming a member of the EEA but this would require the unanimous agreement of all the 27 EU countries.
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