European Union
...that Norway applied thrice to join the European Union, but failed to accede all three times?
...that <a href="./Norway" id="mwAos" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Norway">Norway</a> applied thrice to join the <b id="mwAow"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./List_of_European_Union_member_states" id="mwAo0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of European Union member states">European Union</a></b>, but failed to accede all three times?