As a European country, why has Norway never joined the EU?

Speaking of Norway, some people may know its name because of Wu Bai's Norwegian Forest, but most people know Norway, which may be related to Norway's extremely high per capita GDP. In 20 14, the per capita GDP of this Nordic developed country reached 654.38+million US dollars, ranking the top three in the world. In reality, many people think that Norway is a member of the European Union, but in fact, Norway is not a member of the European Union.

Norway was rejected twice.

After World War II, the idea of European unification gradually reached its climax. Council of Europe was founded in 1949, becoming the first pan-European organization. The following year, the isomorphic integration of European coal and steel industry was originally intended to contain Germany, but the Paris Treaty signed by 195 1 brought West Germany, which made the previous idea of containing Germany gradually disappear.

At this time, Norway, which was in urgent need of development, saw the benefits of mutual cooperation, so in 1962, the Norwegian government applied to join the European economic entity for the first time, but it was rejected.

Time is up 1965. Six countries with the same economic structure in Europe have unified three isomorphisms and established the predecessor of the European Union? European isomorphism. This year, Norway applied for membership again and was rejected again.

Speaking of the rejection of Norway's application, it was actually because French President Charles de Gaulle was cautious about European expansion and unwilling to open to other countries, which made Norway rejected for the first time. The second rejection was due to the game between Britain and France. France is against Britain. As a founding country, French President Charles de Gaulle rejected the applications of Britain and Norway.

Norwegian people's choice

After being rejected twice, Norway did not give up joining the European Union. Norway, which has made great economic progress, welcomed its third application at 1970. After two years of testing, it was finally recognized by the European Union. At this time, it was entirely because Charles de Gaulle stepped down that it became easy to apply to join the European Union. It was approved by the European Union.

After a failure, Norway, which was silent for 23 years, joined hands with Sweden, Finland and Austria to apply to join the European Union (1993, the EU was just formally born). Norway, which passed the application again, once again handed over the decision to the people, and the result was rejected by the Norwegian people as last time.

Change diplomatic strategy

However, with Norway's repeated applications, Norway has also changed its foreign policy. In fact, Norway joined NATO on 1949. /kloc-was established in 0/958 and merged into the Nordic border areas (five Nordic countries); 1960 founded and joined the European Free Trade Association; 200 1 year merged into the same border area in Europe.

From these, we can see that Norway has not given up the idea of embracing the whole world, especially for a country like Norway that is extremely dependent on exports. Holding a group is undoubtedly the best choice, because citizens choose not to join the EU, so they have to change their foreign policy. While maintaining good relations with EU countries, Norway maintains very good relations with the United States, Britain (which has already left the EU), Russia, China and emerging Asian countries, especially the United States, so that Norway can stay in European countries even if it does not join the EU.

Norwegians are afraid of joining the European Union.

After two unsuccessful applications, Norway finally passed the examination, but the domestic people chose not to agree. This is actually hidden, and it is largely the fear of the Norwegian people.

A fear: loss of independence

Speaking of which, we should talk about the history of Norway. /kloc-In the middle of the 0/4th century, Norway experienced an epidemic, which killed one third of the people in the country, making Norway rapidly decline and unable to compete with neighboring Denmark and Sweden. 1380, the Queen of Denmark appointed her son as King of Norway. In 1397, the Queen of Denmark took the lead, and Denmark, Sweden and Norway established the Kalmar Union, which is like the future EU in the hearts of the Norwegian people.

On the surface, it is one thing for the three countries to establish an alliance, but Norway, like a vassal state between Denmark and Sweden, has no right to speak. /kloc-At the beginning of the 9th century, the Kalmar Union formed an alliance with Napoleon, but after Napoleon failed in 18 14, the anti-French alliance also disposed of Denmark, the main decision-maker of the Kalmar Union, and ceded Norway to Sweden until.

From the end of 14 to the beginning of the 20th century, Norway lived as a vassal country for more than 500 years. The Norwegian people have always opposed joining the alliance. They are afraid of losing their independence.

The second fear: losing the industry.

In addition to oil and oil industry, Norway's fishing industry is also very developed. Norway has a long and narrow coastline, which makes its coastal exclusive economic zone as high as10.2 million square kilometers, while the whole EU is only 500,000 square kilometers.

Norway established the Fisheries Bureau in 1964, which is the earliest country in the world. With an annual fishing capacity of over 2 million tons, Norway is one of the top ten fishing countries in the world. Because the domestic market is limited, 90% of the seafood is exported abroad, which makes Norway the second largest seafood exporter in the world, among which Norway is a big producer of salmon, and many of our salmon are imported from Norway.

Three fears: no decision.

Speaking of decision-making power, there are some things that the EU needs to share with participating countries, just like the refugee issue. The emergence of a large number of refugees in Syria has made the EU choose to accept them separately. Norway's neighbor Sweden was hit by a wave of refugees. There are frequent incidents of refugees gathering and marching in China, which have caused great damage to Swedish cities and caused many fires. These are not the most important things. Refugees have had a great impact on the social welfare of Swedish nationals and made Swedish nationals have an impact on the European Union.

The Norwegian people already have high social welfare, and they are unwilling to sacrifice their own interests in some EU choices. Developed Norway is unwilling to accept what it is unwilling to accept, so people choose not to join the EU.

Generally speaking, it's really good that Norway has become a country that the EU can't climb. In addition, there are some diplomatic reasons why Norway cannot join the EU. Although it wants to join the EU through by going up one flight of stairs, the current situation has enabled Norway to integrate its interests with many EU countries. What is the use of the names of EU member states?