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France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK
(www.theguardian.com)
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Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and other countries are in the European Economic Area, which is a superset of the EU. The UK had the opportunity of staying in the EEA, but that wouldn’t have been a hard enough Brexit to appease the gammon, so it was rejected. Of course, the EU could give the UK special treatment and include them in the programme, but it does not follow that they reasonably should do so, and there are competing political pressures against them making such an exception.
Its not a policy, or historical point: the UK is literally in the continent of Europe, so the term "Made in Europe" is factually incorrect here if it excludes the UK, regardless of what could or should happen with the politics.
EEA is also not "Europe"