Jack Power
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first heard Jun 2026
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And I think what Norway are worried about
I mean, there hasn't been much discussion about Norway starting EU membership talks, but what they're concerned about is if Iceland joins, what does that then mean for the EEA, the other kind of concentric circle?
Because that's made up of, as I said, Iceland, Norway, and then, you know, the microstate Liechtenstein.
Exactly.
I think that's what Norway are saying, that if Iceland are in, you know, the imperative for Brussels and the European Commission and the rest to kind of focus as much on the EEA and concerns that maybe Norway and Iceland would have in part of that and their bargaining power would be a lot less if Iceland was in the EU.
Norway would kind of be the only...
odd one out, you know, not really taking Liechtenstein into account because they're such a small country.
So, I mean, it's interesting to see what and where and how that will shape the debate in Norway and whether, you know, it does prompt some kind of rethinking of their particular relationship with the EU.
Yeah, it's funny.
And I remember I was in Brussels, obviously, during what was billed as a crunch summit of EU leaders at the start of the year, you know, just in the middle of Trump's threats over taking Greenland by force.
And then in the end, I mean, you know, those few days later,
were pretty frantic.
You could kind of see people kind of huddling and discussing things and hushed tones in corridors.
People were running here and there.
And then in the end, you know, Trump basically backed down and the heat came out of the situation.
But I think it's important to remember just the damage that that did to Denmark and Denmark's previously really, really close relationship with America.
And also Greenland and Europe's kind of wider relationship with the US.
I think if there was any lingering doubt about, you know, the lack of regard Trump gives to his European allies, you know, that was really the shattered, the last holdouts of people who were kind of trying to...
keep up with this slight mirage that actually Trump is, his bark is worse than his bite.
It has kind of prompted this, you know, reconsideration of Greenland and where they sit.
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