This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Parliament should not make full Single Market membership a condition of Brexit
Retaining full Single Market membership - the "Norway Option" - would mean:
- we must accept EU rules on trade and employment, without voting powers (limiting our options in global competitiveness / deals);
- we gain no further control of immigration;
- we limit our negotiating options.
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Think tank Open Europe found that:
"If the UK were to opt for a Norwegian-style relationship it would still be bound by great swathes of the EU...but – and this is the crucial point – without any vote on it...If the UK were to ‘become like Norway’ by joining EEA, 93 out of the 100 costliest EU-derived regulations would remain in place at a cost of £31.4bn per year (94.3% of the total cost)."
http://openeurope.org.uk/today/blog/what-would-a-norway-style-relationship-with-the-eu-entail/
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/149124
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