However, what's this Norway-against-everyone-else attitude? Can't you imagine Norway joining up, say, with other Scandinavian countries? That way, due to the higher-than-proportional voting power of smaller EU countries, the Scandinavian block would have 31 (Nice system, assuming 7 for Norway), vs. 27 for Poland and 29 for the four bigs.
Also consider a hypothetical EU-17 in 1996, with Norway and Switzerland as members (3 and 4 seats under the Maastricht system). Then the Scandinavians + Switzerland would have 17 votes (on some issues they could certainly count on Austria too, making it 21), vs. 10 for the four bigs; and all small countries would sum up to 46. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
what's this Norway-against-everyone-else attitude?
I think you misunderstand my sentiment. I do not see myself as having a 'Norway against everybody else' attitude. However, I have perhaps interpreted some of the replies to my posts as rather confrontational or "in your face". But no doubt that's because I am unfamiliar with online discussions.
DoDo:
Can't you imagine Norway joining up, say, with other Scandinavian countries?
Norway works tirelessly with its neighbours - within the Nordic Council, in the EU parliament (and in 'the corridors of the EU'), and in many other international fora. These co-operation processes are maybe not entirely visible to everyone, but they are going on - all the time.
The hypothetical mathematics of Scandinavian 'block voting' within the EU is irrelevant, IMO because none of them currently see anything to gain from further integration.
