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Re:Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU by 1718627440 on Saturday August 29, 2026 @04:03PM (#49492875)
> that Norway and Switzerland are somehow completely separate from the EU.

Except that that wasn't the discussion at all.

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Re:Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU by troupo on Saturday August 29, 2026 @05:09PM (#49493357)
> Except that that wasn't the discussion at all.

Quote: "I feel the UK were wrong to leave but Norway and Switzerland have a fantastic overall quality of life without and I'm not sure the benefits of membership unless you are financially poor country."

They are not "without". They are integrated through and through.

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Re:Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU by 1718627440 on Sunday August 30, 2026 @03:39AM (#49496563)
But they are not IN the EU, and the UK doing a Brexit (aka. leaving the EU) does not make them incapable of having the same arrangement as Norway and Switzerland.
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Re:Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU by troupo on Sunday August 30, 2026 @05:09AM (#49496996)
They are not in the EU but very deeply integrated with the EU, its laws and regulations, and even finance the EU.

That's the point of my comment. They are not strictly "without".

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Re:Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU by 1718627440 on Sunday August 30, 2026 @08:39AM (#49498138)
Which is what the UK also could have done.
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