EU enlargement affects the member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The empirical focus is the impact … the EU and EFTA. I argue that the enlargement process has not challenged fundamentally the existenceof the EEA Agreement … nor its institutions. The legality of the agreement has not been challenged, nor has enlargement triggered protests or …

issues in Norway. The question of Norwegian EU membership has been turned down in two popular referenda, and three … pillars, Norway has become tightly incorporated in the EU. Norway’s ‘tight incorporation without formal membership’ has … contentious issues from debate and decision-making. These mechanisms have helped smooth Norway’s incorporation in the EU, a type …

" The imminent enlargement of the EU to as many as twenty-seven member states in the near future will pose severe … budgetary, administrative, and operational challenges for the current member states. However, the challenges of enlargement, as … the face of low levels of support for enlargement in a number of the current member states and high levels of ambivalence …