Finland’s Prime Minister, Jyrki Katainen (NCP), said the European Union should focus on ways to move forward instead of pessimistic attitudes during his 16 April speech to the EU parliament in Strasbourg.
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Finnish PM calls for a fairer European Union
Posted on 17 April 2013.
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Iceland suspends EU accession effort
Posted on 21 January 2013.
Iceland has suspended talks about its bid to join the European Union until after the upcoming election. The announcement from coalition officials in Reykjavik came via the official government website.
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Iceland EU bid moves forward despite opposition
Posted on 01 January 2013.
Iceland’s efforts to join the European Union have taken another step forward, despite the continuing opposition of many Icelanders.
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Survey: majority of Icelanders want out of EU membership bid
Posted on 21 November 2012.
A newly published poll has shown that most of Icelanders want to back out of the country’s bid to become part of the European Union.
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Iceland making fast progress in EU membership bid
Posted on 30 June 2012.
Iceland has taken another step towards EU membership but admits the contentious issue of fishing quotas is likely to slow down its fast progress.
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Majority of Icelanders against joining EU
Posted on 09 May 2012.
A new poll suggests that more than half of Icelanders do not want to join the European Union. The University of Iceland’s Social Science Research Institute polled 1,900 people and found that 54 percent are against assimilation into the 27-country bloc.
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Iceland FM in intra-coalition EU spat
Posted on 28 February 2012.
Össur Skarphéðinsson, the Social Democratic Minister for Foreign Affairs in Iceland, has ignited controversy within the coalition government with comments that it is much too late for his Left Green colleague, Minister of the Interior Ögmundur Jónasson, to now be calling for EU accession talks to be sped up, because he and his allies have [...]
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EU opens information centre in Iceland
Posted on 22 January 2012.
The European Union has opened an information centre in the Icelandic capital.
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