In 2011, Jonas Gahr St*re, the then Foreign Minister of Norway which is an EFTA member state, said that EFTA/EEA membership for the microstates was not the appropriate mechanism for their integration into the internal market due to their different requirements than large countries such as Norway, and suggested that a simplified association would be better suited for them. Espen Barth Eide, St*re's successor, responded to the Commission's report in late 2012 by questioning whether the microstates have sufficient administrative capabilities to meet the obligations of EEA membership. However, he stated that Norway was open to the possibility of EFTA membership for the microstates if they decide to submit an application, and that the country had not made a final decision on the matter.
In 2011, Jonas Gahr St*re, the then Foreign Minister of Norway which is an EFTA member state, said that EFTA/EEA membership for the microstates was not the appropriate mechanism for their integration into the internal market due to their different requirements than large countries such as Norway, and suggested that a simplified association would be better suited for them.
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Jonas
Jonas
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flat
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Gahr
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flat
Number=Sing
St*re
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microstates
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cop
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mechanism
mechanism
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internal
internal
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market
market
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requirement
requirements
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large
large
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country
countries
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Norway
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simplify
simplified
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nsubj:pass
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association
association
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NN
aux
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well
better
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case
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Espen Barth Eide, St*re's successor, responded to the Commission's report in late 2012 by questioning whether the microstates have sufficient administrative capabilities to meet the obligations of EEA membership.
nsubj
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Espen
Espen
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flat
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Eide
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case
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appos
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successor
successor
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NN
punct
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responded
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Commission
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report
report
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late
late
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mark
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SCONJ
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advcl
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question
questioning
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the
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DT
nsubj
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microstate
microstates
NOUN
NNS
ccomp
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have
have
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VBP
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sufficient
sufficient
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JJ
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administrative
administrative
ADJ
JJ
obj
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capability
capabilities
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NNS
mark
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meet
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obligation
obligations
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case
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nmod
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membership
membership
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punct
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However, he stated that Norway was open to the possibility of EFTA membership for the microstates if they decide to submit an application, and that the country had not made a final decision on the matter.
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however
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nsubj
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Norway
Norway
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
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open
open
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case
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possibility
possibility
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EFTA
PROPN
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nmod
Number=Sing
membership
membership
NOUN
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case
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Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
nmod
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microstate
microstates
NOUN
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mark
if
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IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
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decide
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submit
submit
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det
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a
an
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application
application
NOUN
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punct
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cc
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Definite=Def|PronType=Art
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DT
nsubj
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country
country
NOUN
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aux
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have
had
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VBD
advmod
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final
final
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obj
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decision
decision
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matter
matter
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