This recent article from the Norwegian Mission to the EU gives a good overview of Norwegian bloggers on EU-affairs. Composed by their skill-full information officer Frode Dal Fjeldavli, the article contains a non-exhaustive list of the most up-dated blogs. 

This is the first overview of its kind, as far as I know, and I hope it can inspire more people in Norway to blog about the EU. The issue is receiving far too little attention considering how important the EU is to Norway. 

Some of my favourite blogs of Bente Kalsnes and Jon Worth receives extensive coverage. A new pro-European blog did not reach the list, but its probably because he just started blogging, but have a look at Trygve’s blog as well.

Have a look and get inspired! 

The Australian and New Zealand authorities have been encourage by over 100 NGO’s to cater for the expected climate refugees from the pacific islands ahead of a Pacific Islands Leadership Forum this week, according ABC News. The EU should consider to follow suit.

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The work on my dissertation on Climate Refugees and the EU response is progressing. Last week I worked mostly with the official documents from the negotiations leading up to the adoption of the Qualifications Directive. The most interesting thing has been to see how some member states have actively worked against making a directive that would also give some rights of protection to people fleeing from natural disasters. The European Parliament opinion also seemed to have been partly ignored.

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I am currently in Brussels conducting research for my dissertation on Climate Refugees and the European Union (EU) response. It has been inspiring and new ground has been covered. My research question is most likely to be the following: Can the expected increase of climate refugees receive subsidiary protection within the existing legal framework of the European Union? A case study of the Qualification Directive.

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The limited EU-debate in Norway has the past few weeks evolved around the never-ending debate on whether or not Norway should “veto” directives coming from the EU through the EEA-agreement. The disagreement within the Government on what to do with the Services directive is explosive enough for them to implode if they are forced to make a decision.

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