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- EXCLUSIVE: Norway’s chief representative to EFTA and the EEA says it would be “very difficult” to stand in the way of Britain pursuing a Norway-style Brexit.
- MPs will vote next week on whether Theresa May should seek to keep Britain in the single market by replicating the so-called Norway model.
- Svein Roald Hansen — the Norwegian Parliament’s chief representative to EFTA and EEA — told BI that Norwegian politicians would support Britain going down this route.
- Norway’s prime minister, Erna Solberg, last month said she’d welcome it.
- Solberg will meet with Theresa May on Wednesday.
LONDON — It would be “very difficult” for Norway to say no to Britain replicating the so-called Norway option after Brexit by joining the European Economic Area (EEA), the country’s delegate to the body has told Business Insider.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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