Norway and Switzerland are in the EU in all but final signatures ar this point: they are fully ibtegrated into EU economy, apply EU's laws and regulations and even pay into EU funds.
Is far from being fully integrated into EU. You have to pay customs on shipments, which can be delayed for weeks on borders.
You need to apply for the residence permit and you can lose it for trivially sounding reasons. - E.g. lying on the application which could mean " you mentioned in the application you wull look for job but lied and went to learn the language instead". - also look at the recent case of a woman and her daughter abused by some Swiss politician facing deportation because she moved to Switzerland for work officially, but in reality she moved to live with her Swiss romantic partner.
Switzerland still have bottles of water without permanently attached lid.
It's integrated in many ways but still far from being a member state.
My point is, that within EU you can freely move around with no restrictions and having to apply for residence permits.
And the case I mentioned wasn't even lying but a misunderstanding.
In Poland searching for a job is state of mind "I wish someone would hire me".
In switzerland it officialy means provably spending your full time effort on the job hunt.
The person I know couldn't find a job at first so decided to do an intensive German course (5x a week, 4h a day) to increase her hirability.
The immigration officer happily used it as a prove that she actually did not spend all her time looking for job, therefore lied.
See here: https://www.efta-studies.org/sectoral-access-to-the-single-m...
> You need to apply for the residence permit and you can lose it for trivially sounding reasons. - E.g. lying on the application
"Trivially sounding reasons".... lying on the application.
Lol.
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Yes, I hyperbolized a little in my comment. But I'm tired of people oretending that Norway and Switzerland are somehow completely separate from the EU.
Except that that wasn't the discussion at all.
Quote: "I feel the UK were wrong to leave but Norway and Switzerland have a fantastic overall quality of life without and I'm not sure the benefits of membership unless you are financially poor country."
They are not "without". They are integrated through and through.
That's the point of my comment. They are not strictly "without".
My comment hyperbolizes the integration, but it's not too far from the truth.