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Is EU membership compatible with a country becoming socialist? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MoonlightFox@lemmy.world to c/socialism@lemmy.ml

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I am a Norwegian. Norway is a part of EFTA, but not the EU.

I am currently pro EU, but also fairly pro socialism, or at the very least pro social democracy.

I want Norway to have the security guarantees the EU offers, I want the same currency, I want Norway to be able to participate in changing EU, not just accepting something Brussels have decided without our participation (EFTA). And several other reasons.

We can currently veto implementing some decisions, but not too many.

If Norway joins the EU will it make it harder for Norway to transition to socialism/maintain social democracy?

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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Undermining the private market is usually forbidden in the EU. For example, Italy tried to add a government start-up subsidy to cooperatives to make them more competative. This is illegal for nations to do as it disfavours the private market.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I struggled finding a source for this, I'd like to understand it fully. Do you have one?

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

It was a long time since I read about it. I think it was on wikipedia, some article on co-ops or democratic ownership or something like that, which referenced a EU court case with that conclusion.