Return_of_the_STAR wrote:Partridge Iciclebubbles wrote:Return_of_the_STAR wrote:Ho-Ho-Ho-tek wrote:Yo Star dude, you're talking complete bollox.
Norway and Sweden have arount 80 border crossings, we have about 275.
I also don't think any land owned by anyone crosses the border between Norway and Sweden, we have lots of farms that have land north and south here.
I must have read the numbers the other way round. But still only one crossing has an actual border check. As I've said previously I want to stay in the EU but EFTA and EEA membership is surely the next best option. But it's not going to happen anyway as there is no will for it.
It’s not that there’s no will for it. It’s because it doesn’t work when you take the Good Friday Agreement into account.
But in that case no other arrangement works other than staying in the EU.
I'm still not sure why the good Friday agreement would mean it wouldn't work anyway. If you had EEA membership then border checks are not required. Norway appear to choose to conducts some checks because they want to, not because of any requirements.
Staying in the EU is best, I agree.
Where do you get the idea that Norway only carry out checks because they want to? They let individuals through without checking, but they check lorries and goods. Because they’re not in the customs union.
That’s why the Norway model doesn’t work. You’d have to have Norway+ for it to work (which is Norway plus the customs union).