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| Iceland Suspends EU Accession Talks Indefinitely |
| 2013-09-13 |
| [An Nahar] Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson said Thursday the island had suspended European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... accession talks indefinitely, following up on an election promise made earlier this year. "We have dissolved our task force and negotiation teams, and there won't be any other summits," Sveinsson told parliament. A Euro-skeptic center-right coalition won legislative elections in April, running on a program that included an end to accession talks. "The government is in agreement on this subject. The process has been suspended. But nothing has been closed down, and we will improve our communication and strengthen our ties with the EU without actually joining," Sveinsson said. Public opinion on the island has so far been against membership of the EU, with fisheries posing a major obstacle. Reykjavik and Brussels have tried, but so far failed, to resolve a dispute over mackerel, with the EU threatening trade sanctions if Iceland does not reduce its quota. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Been over to Iceland a number of times now, and I really like the place, annnnnnd, I have not seen Bin Laden's relatives mucking about. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-09-13 21:17 |
| #5 Iceland Suspends EU FIFY |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-13 16:04 |
| #4 Oh oh oh oh oh SteamPunk! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-13 15:54 |
| #3 FINALLY! One country that kicked the big government jackasses out! To get there, they had to be completely and totally bankrupt! Will we have to go through that route too? A time traveler from the 1900 would think we are there already, what with the dollar worth less than a penny and the pervs in power...  |
| Posted by: Bob Snore6814 2013-09-13 13:55 |
| #2 Holy Mackerel Brussels Bristles Dispute Sprouts Too many Fishes in Icelands Dishes EU insists and abuses Iceland recuses Holy Mackerel What a Fish ! |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2013-09-13 07:28 |
| #1 The more I hear from these people, the more I like them. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-13 01:30 |