Is EU membership compatible with a country becoming socialist?

No, absolutely not, EU was created as a neoliberal program. Remember what they done to Greece at the mere shadow of threat Greece not even becoming socialist but merely trying to make a tiny crack in neolib austerity dogma.

Norway will not be able to transition to Socialism through reformism. Social Democracy is incapable of swapping the balance of power from Capitalists to Workers. Norway depends on Imperialism, as does the rest of the Global North. As this weakens over time, so too will social services. The only path to Socialism for Norway, to have the public sector as the principle aspect of the economy and the Working Class in control, is revolution.

The EU is Imperialist, but thoroughly dependent on the US, and as such are tied to the fate of the US.

The EU was designed from the start to be a liberal market for the US in Europe. The trim has changed over the years, but the foundation has not. For a country like Norway, joining the EU would be a terrible decision as it would put us in a similar position as France and Germany without any real control over domestic fiscal policy. Joining the Euro would see us lose control over monetary policy.

If this just meant our democratic voice being added to European democracy, that would be one thing. But that is not the case. The EU lacks democracy in the same way the moon lacks oxygen; it would be foolish to think it ought to be there to begin with. In the words of former German fonance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, ‘elections cannot be allowed to change economic policy’.

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.

Socialism and social democracy are diametrically opposed. Social democracy is capitalism managing its captive populace through concessions to avoid socialism.

Socialism has so many interpretations is hard to say.

Up to 8yrs ago, I would encourage any country with same “values” as the EU to join, I was an EU vociferous fan, now just an European one … The EU has become something rotten and the values it held dear are no longer there. The EU disciplines countries that does not follow what the establishment wants and discriminates to what states rules applies and to who does not. For instance, member states are encouraged to incarcerate certain journalists for months without even charges and the powers of the Commission become more and more without any mandate, let alone debate. You tell me who when the EU citizens completely overturned their representatives for Brussels, these still voted for Ursula von der Leyen… in no parliamentary system in the democratic world that could be possible! In the EU it does. Member states, for better or for worse, have veto power… well, no for some now… and you can even now can punish them! What you think it will happen to “socialist Norway” if it dissent?

Stay out of the EU while the current status persist. So also from the Euro.

Do work, however, to get Norway out of NATO. It is perplexing why a voluntary military alliance exert so much power in internal politics, but it does to a horrendous degree. NATO would be the one to first prevent Norway to become a Socialist country and in very nasty ways behind the scene,