The governments of Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have held regular consultations on the Icesave issue during the past few weeks. A delegation led by Iceland’s Minister of Finance, Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, and the Chairmen of the opposition Progressive and Independece parties, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and Bjarni Benediktsson, left Iceland yesterday to meet with key counterparts in The Hague. A meeting is scheduled to take place later this afternoon with Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos and British Deputy Finance Minister Lord Myners to discuss the current situation and exchange information.
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The Netherlands and UK Finance Ministers today met the Icelandic Finance Minister, who was accompanied by the leaders of the Independence Party and the Progressive Party. They exchanged views on the Icesave issue.
The sides will now consider the situation after this meeting, but at this stage no further discussions are scheduled.
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On the 12. of January the Norwegian news ABCNyheter (Nyheter=News) had a headline saying (in Norwegian): EU-lov tvinger henne ikke. In English it should be like this: EU-law does not force her (i.e Johanna Sigurdardottir). What they say is that Eu’s rules for guarenteeing deposits in banks does not give the Icelandic state the responibility to compensate for lost deposits in Icesave. ESA, which is supervising that EU’s laws are followed in Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, does not have any objections against this law, ABCNyheter tells.
To me this could be a reason why the British and Dutch not want this issue taken to court. It also make me angry about the ultimatum the Norwegian PM Stoltenberg is talking about for lending Iceland money.
is there anyone who believe that there is anything going good for Iceland? You do not need to look at the membership of some party, look at the peaple who represent you…and you will never be surprised about any decision..
dear all!
I cant believe how the sitting GoV of Iceland can let Mr. Bjarni Benediktsson to participate in this important meetings, as he and his party is responsible for this mess, pls be careful when select representatives to travel abroad and make deals for the future,
For those representing Iceland in their Official capacity please do not ignore but give due consideration to the common majority legal opinion and the fact that the population has diminished since the Icesave problem, no jobs higher taxes increased in prices and etc. Observed. Listen and think twice before any answer to minimized on related problems and maximized on economic gains.
no news is good news
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Thanks for the no news