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> In Norway, the final decision will be made by the Storting (Parliament), and 75% of its 150 members must approve the step—meaning that a negative vote by only 38 M.P.s can keep Norway out. Anti-Market groups last week claimed that they had that many M.P.s on their side. However, since both major parties are in favor of joining, as well as most newspapers and businesses, opinion may well swing some of the antiMarket M.P.s to the pro side. Norwegian worries focus on a Common Market rule that the waters of any member are open to the fishermen of all. That poses a direct economic threat to the farmer-fishermen of Norway's rich northern fjords and coastal waters. In Brussels, Norwegian negotiators demanded a permanent twelve-mile fishing limit, but finally settled for a ten-year guarantee of exclusive fishing rights along some parts of the coast, a provision that will be subject to review by the EEC after 1982.
Probably the most powerful reason for any of the four nations to vote yes is a negative one: the prospect of isolation and economic decline if they remain outside the Common Market. But despite the euphoric words spoken in Brussels last week, it is clear that several statesmen will have to do some persuasive marketing of arguments at home in the next few months if the Six are indeed to become the Ten.