The explanation is simple. The mass media were strongly dominated by the "Yes"-side in the six-year long battle (1988-94) about a Norwegian membership in the European Union (EU). Still the "No"-side won. Foreign journalists reported mainly what they got from the elites in the media, business community, diplomats and the politicians in the Labour and the Conservative parties, all giving very biased pictures, in particularly of their "No"-opponents and their motives, and of the facts relating to the decision to be made. In these pages I will show you some material that present matters from the perspective of the winning "No"-side, as well as give you links to other useful sites on the web. As I told you on the Home Page, I was the national leader of the "No to EU" organisation, at the time the largest and by far the most efficient political organisation in Norway. (Even the most ardent "Yes"-supporter will probably admit that.) "No to EU" is still alive and very active, but of course at a lower level than up to the referendum. You will find their logo at the top right of this page, next to the EU-flag used by the "Yes"-side as their logo. You will find the organisation "No to EU" ("Nei til EU") at their website http://www.neitileu.no/ "Bærebjelkene" "We
are not against Europe"
UKRUT The artist Paal Hansen (© UKRUT, Oslo) contributed with a large number of drawings during the EU-battle, even with a special issue of a comic strip magazine "AstEUrix". In this special issue a key actor is "Nobelix". Some friends (?) tell me that the drawing below resembles me more than the photos that I so carefully have selected for these pages:
Below
is Paal's greetings last Xmas, with a number of EU-relevant items: - The
Belgian Blue cow (that cannot give birth without a cesarean)
Foreløpig (99-07-15, kl 17:30) er det få lenker: - Oppsummering av EU-kampen. Avskjedtale på Nei til EUs landsmøte i juni 1995 - Talen fra Nei til EU til Anne Enger Lahnstein da hun gikk som leder i Senterparties på landsmøtet 13.mars 1999. - Et foredrag på engelsk som gir en orientering om EU-kampen. Mer kommer snart! Og her er iallfall en lenke til Nei til EUs hjemmeside med svært meget bra stoff!
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