Today the Icelandic Parliament has voted “yes” to start official negotiations to apply for European Union membership. The votes were close, 33 were for, 28 were against, and 2 withdrew. Iceland will submit an application formally in Brussels on 27 July. It is expected to take around 2 years until the nation will vote whether to join the EU after membership negotiations have been discussed.
The following below is a list of Members of Parliaments according to their votes.
VOTES FOR JOINING THE EUROPEAN UNION
Samfylkingin (Alliance Party)
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Helgi Hjörvar
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir
Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Össur Skarphéðinsson
Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir
Skúli Helgason
Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir
Árni Páll Árnason
Katrín Júlíusdóttir
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Magnús Orri Schram
Björgvin G. Sigurðsson
Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir
Róbert Marshall
Kristján Möller
Guðbjartur Hannesson
Ólína Þorvarðardóttir
Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson
Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir
Vinstri græn (Left Greens)
Árni Þór Sigurðsson
Álfheiður Ingadóttir
Svandís Svavarsdóttir
Lilja Mósesdóttir
Ögmundur Jónasson
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Sjálfstæðisflokkur (Independence Party)
Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir
Framsóknarflokkur (Progressive Party)
Siv Friðleifsdóttir
Birkir Jón Jónsson
Guðmundur Steingrímsson
Borgarahreyfingin (Citizens’ Movement)
Þráinn Bertelsson
VOTES AGAINST JOINING THE EUROPEAN UNION
Sjálfstæðisflokkur (Independence Party)
Illugi Gunnarsson
Pétur H. Blöndal
Ólöf Nordal
Birgir Ármannsson
Bjarni Benediktsson
Jón Gunnarsson
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir
Árni Johnsen
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir
Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson
Ásbjörn Óttarsson
Einar K. Guðfinnsson
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Vinstri græn (Left Greens)
Atli Gíslason
Þuríður Backman
Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir
Ásmundur Einar Daðason
Jón Bjarnason
Framsóknarflokkur (Progressive Party)
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Vigdís Hauksdóttir
Eygló Harðardóttir
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Höskuldur Þórhallsson
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Borgarahreyfingin (Citizens’ Movement)
Þór Saari
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Margrét Tryggvadóttir
Absent from voting
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (Indp.)
Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir (Lft Grns)
Where is the sanity? Iceland is already a trading partner and enjoys free movement and trade with in massive EU Superstate.
Do they not know what they are getting into? Iceland will lose any independence handing complete control over to unelected faceless bureaucrats who will think they know what is best for Iceland.
Just as here in Britain, their parliament will only be a talking shop devoid of any real power. A mere state council who may tinker at the edges of law but powerless to write any laws of their own without approval from the EU masters.
EU laws will be forced upon them. Mass immigration will be set upon them to destroy Icelandic culture and values. Words like, ’social cohesion’, ‘multiculturalism’ and the cancer of political correctness will envelop them.
This is like taking a healthy body and deliberately injecting it with poison. It makes no sense. It is State suicide.
Iceland is not like the parasite States that have joined the EU who feed off the taxes of the richer nations. States that offer nothing to other nations. Vampire States that suck the blood of others.
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This is what happens when you vote for a left-wing government. This is officially the end of our independance, our glory, our pride, our individuality and nationhood. This spineless government is too lazy to seek a practical solution, so they resort to allowing Iceland be swallowed up by the greedy dictatorship that is the European Union. This is a sad day for any Icelander.
Beacon uses rather colourful language re ‘mass immigration’ etc, but so far as your legislature is concerned I think he/she is correct.
Fortunately, Icelanders will have a referendum when the negotiations are complete. My advice would be to stay out, the EU won’t be the fairy godmother that 33 of your MPs hope it will be. The EU fisheries policy has been a disaster which you would do well to avoid.
I would be very happy to see Iceland join us in the EU. What an asset they would be!
Left parties are all over the same. West Europeans have not learn the lessons from the East Europe. Now they have to pay for that.