UK drifts closer to a Norway-style Brexit transition

Authors suggest that membership of the European Economic Area is starting to look in the summer of 2017 like the only feasible off-the-shelf transitional deal for the United Kingdom after Brexit - the so-called Norway model.

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 11.08.17: The UK needs to come up with flexible and imaginative solutions for the Irish border http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/08/11/the-uk-needs-to-come-up-with-flexible-and-imaginative-solutions-for-the-irish-border/

The Conversation, 19.07.17: Could the UK rejoin the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) after Brexit? (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/could-the-uk-rejoin-the-european-free-trade-association-efta-after-brexit/

ESO: Background information: Why the Norway model is a flawed blueprint for Brexit http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-the-norway-model-is-a-flawed-blueprint-for-brexit/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

Website: EFTA4UK http://efta4uk.eu/

ESO: Background information: When Brexit Meets Logic http://www.europeansources.info/record/when-brexit-meets-logic/

ESO: Background information: A cross-party committee of the Privy Council should be established to seek consensus on the terms of Brexit (UCL: Constitution Unit, June 2017, et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-cross-party-committee-of-the-privy-council-should-be-established-to-seek-consensus-on-the-terms-of-brexit/

ESO: Background information: Manufacturers call for Brexit strategy rethink http://www.europeansources.info/record/manufacturers-call-for-brexit-strategy-rethink/

Politico, 19.04.17: Brussels’ Brexit plan: Treat the UK like Norway http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-suggests-norway-model-for-uk-after-brexit-talks-negotiations/

In Facts: Briefing: Norwegian Model: ‘Run by Europe’ https://infacts.org/briefings/norwegian-model/

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