Outside the EU, not only has Norway the highest per capita income in the world, and not only has Norway a thriving social democracy, but Norway is also a major player in the Middle East, not just diplomatically (which no EU member-state will ever be if the Constitreaty comes into force), but now also financially.
In order to safeguard Arabism (which is of Christian origin, and is in principle inclusive of the Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Druze and secular traditions among the Arabs, above all in its Levantine heartland) against Islamism in Palestine, Norway is in a position to contribute almost as much money as Britain, and more than Spain, France, Sweden or Germany. That sort of cash buys clout, as it deserves to.
But we couldn't survive outside the EU. Could we?
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