The Centre Party has maintained a hardline stance against Norwegian membership in the European Union, successfully campaigning against Norwegian membership in both the 1972 and 1994 referendums, during which time the party saw record-high election results, which the party subsequently has extended to advocating Norway's withdrawal from the European Economic Area and the Schengen Agreement.[5] The party favours an economically protectionist policy to protect Norwegian farmers with toll tariffs,[4] and has more recently declared Norwegian nationalism a "positive force".[15]