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My main concern about a EU membership is what happens to our national fund and out sovereign right to our natural resources. I’m in the unsure column as for now if this comes up to a vote.
Time is coming where keeping the status quo won’t be possible and I think more Norwegians are starting to realize this. Change, in some form or another, is coming.
I am also worried about our agriculture... it is difficult to farm here which makes us already one of the least self sufficient countries in terms of farmed goods and joining eu without any allowance for protectionism here would destroy what we have. Given the focus on preparedness for war and resilience these days that would in my opinion be a horrible idea.
edit: but we need a public debate to get some clarity in these issues asap and i am glad it looks like we are headed towards that. But i am also afraid of russian propaganda poisoning that debate and populist parties like sp and frp falling prey to that and driving a wedge in the population
SP is hopefully dead after they rage quit the Government and have continued to go back on most issues they’ve been focusing on. Vedum is a fucking idiot and I think most people see right through him.
FRP on the other hand, they’re not that far right og AP and H. And I doubt Listhaug would actually do much more than impose some restrictions on social benefits, immigration and cur some meaningless taxes that only apply to rich people.(Like the horsepower tax on boats) But they’re both populists through and through.
They are also anti-eu and unafraid to use populist tactics to sway people regardless of how true it is. With russian interference to be expected in the election (and likely promote anti-eu sentiments) i think we will see this parroted by sp and frp, and i see that as a risk of poisoning what is otherwise a necessary debate about our future.