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Originally Posted by Kymmy
The only country outside of the EU yet in the EAA and EFTA is norway and they had to agree to abide by a lot of EU directives to get there.
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Untrue.
Norway's political leaders willingly signed up to conditions that were barely a step removed from the conditions of EU membership because they fully intended to make Norway a full member of the EU. Inconveniently, the Norwegian people then rejected the prospect of EU membership in a referendum. Norway is therefore left, thanks entirely to the high-handed actions of its politicians, with a deal that saddles them with many of the obligations of membership, and few of the privileges.
It is a fallacy to assume the UK's relationship with the EU, post secession, will look anything like Norway's.