EFTA4UK
The Campaign to Rejoin EFTA
Applying to rejoin the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and securing a better relationship with the EU through EFTA membership presents the fastest and most realistic way to limit economic shock and build a brighter future for the United Kingdom.
WHAT IS EFTA?
EFTA is the ‘European Free Trade Association’ which the UK helped establish in 1960
HISTORY
EFTA was founded by the Stockholm Convention in 1960. Relations with the EEC, later the European Community (EC) and the European Union (EU), have been at the core of EFTA activities from the beginning. Since the beginning of the 1990s, EFTA has actively pursued trade relations with third countries in and beyond Europe.
EFTA and THE EU
EFTA consists of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) brings together the Member States of the European Union and three of the EFTA States – Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway – in a single market, also referred to as the “Internal Market”.
The campaign in 2021
WHAT NEXT?
A no deal or a thin deal will not be sufficient for the UK and the shortcomings of the situation will become apparent very quickly.
In those circumstances, the pressure on the Government to act and return the country to a sense of normality will be overwhelming.
THE EFTA OPTION
Applying to rejoin EFTA and securing a better relationship with the EU through EFTA membership presents the fastest and most realistic way to return to normality.
CAN IT BE DONE?
Although there are challenges, we believe that EFTA membership could be achieved in perhaps 5-6 months and the new relationship with the EU close to a conclusion by the end of 2021.
GET INVOLVED
HOW YOU CAN HELP
MAKE A DONATION
Your generosity makes our work possible. We are fundraising to run a full-time campaign, including parliamentary and constituency lobbying of MPs, professional media engagement, events bringing policymakers together with experts.
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
Get the latest news from the campaign, take part in meetings (over Zoom at present), hear about forthcoming events, contribute to our campaign materials, share useful articles and support EFTA4UK on your social media channels.
- The European Union did not force the UK to do anythingA critical reading of Nick Timothy’s article in the Telegraph by a supporter of the EFTA4UK campaign Nick Timothy is a former Special Advisor (SpAd) to Theresa May when she was… Read More »The European Union did not force the UK to do anything
- Welcome to the annual autumn crunch
Fundamental decisions are looming - The Lugano Convention and the EU’s identity crisis
The EU should unite Europe rather than try to be Europe - Finding the UK’s common ground
Shared facts will reunite the country
EFTA4UK ON
SOCIAL MEDIA
DUP are blameless for the position they put themselves in huh? https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/sammy-wilson-blasts-former-pm-theresa-may-amid-post-brexit-complications-4079985
2The only paper we’re aware of that looked at it concluded that CPTPP & EEA membership could coexist.
Not mentioned in the thread is that the paper looked at the compatibility of CPTPP with various Brexit scenarios, concluding that any conflict between CPTPP and EEA rules would not necessarily be irreconcilable in the issues looked at (SPS, public health, data flows + privacy).
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/136/scottish-affairs-committee/news/194397/icelandic-and-norwegian-ambassadors-to-give-evidence-to-mps-on-defence-in-the-north-atlantic-and-the-high-north/