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.
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SOCIAL MEDIA
' It makes complete sense to have a more liberal immigration regime with our neighbours with whom we do the majority of our trade and are geographically closer and thus a valuable source of labour to fill gaps in the market.'
Wetherspoon boss’s plea for liberal migration stance isn’t a U-turn. - Reaction
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Freedom of movement with our closest neighbours makes sense. It’s not a contradiction for Brexiteers to agree.
A real step towards reintegration with EFTA took place today, with the UK concluding a trade agreement with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. These are the three EFTA countries who are also in the European Economic Area (EEA), along with the EU. It will not return all our (mutually) lost EEA privieleges, but it is a great start. (Switzerland is the other EFTA member but, like the UK, is otherwise a special case) However the BBC report is curiously coy about EFTA, failing to mention it at all. Ignorance or politics?
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Defra Committee cross party MPs release report on “considerable trade friction” & “substantial” new red tape leading to “substantive & enduring” post Brexit costs for food exporters.![]()
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Our approach to Brexit is anti- free trade and bad for business. ![]()
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The Brexit deal we have is inadaquate and MUST evolve. We want free trade back! #EFTA4UK
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Боже храни Великубританію ії Королеву та її народ!! God bless Great Britain her Queen and her people!🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦 hromadske.ua EFTA 4 UK EFTA Surveillance Authority friends British Embassy Kyiv
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Велика Британія планує наступного місяця відправити у Чорне море два військові кораблі на знак солідарності з Україною на тлі нарощування військ Росії. - Читайте н...
Back in 2014 the highly successful entrepreneur James Dyson came out as pro-Brexit but said firmly that "I want to keep EFTA." Sadly, only the first bit happened. Well, that turned out better than nothing. Roll on the second bit.![]()
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James Dyson says Brexit has given him 'freedom'
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Sir James Dyson defends moving his firm's headquarters to Singapore and says Dyson is a British firm.