Towards Europe: the story of a reluctant Norway
In: Europe of cultures, living stories Vol.16
In: Europe des cultures / Europe of cultures v.16
In: ProQuest Ebook Central
Cover -- Contents -- Prologue: European policy from heaven -- Part 1. Norway in Europe -- Chapter 1. Resistance and Good Fortune -- Løvland's neutrality line and Norway's first foreign policy -- Pan-Europe and the idea of a United States of Europe -- The Briand Plan and the first Norwegian debate on Europe -- Against mobilization. The German invasion of Norway -- "Europe is not an entity" -- Churchill and the Norwegian iron curtain - a Norwegian vision of a non-aligned world -- Chapter 2. Château de la Muette -- The Americans' demands regarding economic cooperation -- Norwegian "yes" to the Marshall Aid -- False hopes and realities -- The OECD as an arena for new cooperation -- "Before Norway goes under" - NATO membership -- The Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights -- The attempt at Nordic cooperation -- René Pleven and the idea of a European army -- The European Coal and Steel Union -- The European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Britain's answer to the Coal and Steel Union -- Against the EEC's customs union -- Great Britain does an about-turn on the EEC question -- Gerhardsen's yes -- The people's first no -- Also against the UN's maritime organization -- Also against the creation of the International Energy Agency -- Chapter 3. From French Liqueur to the EEA -- The 1970s - a world in stagnation -- The Bretton Woods Agreement and American U-turn -- Cassis de Dijon and the start of the EU's Single Market - the last straw, or rather the final drop -- The cost of non-cooperation -- What about EFTA? -- Norwegian indifference and shock -- Follow-up by the government -- Lack of political interest -- Trade sanctions against Norway -- The EEA is born -- Norway's reply -- EFTA drama -- 1989, Europe's fateful year -- Part 2. Europe-Bound -- Chapter 4. Vote for What? -- Tipping the scales -- Nuts and bolts.