It has now been confirmed that Iceland’s bid to join the European Union will be discussed by EU leaders at their meeting on Thursday 17th June – Iceland’s National Day.
According to EU information, the leaders of all the EU nations will meet on 17th June and one of the agenda items is Iceland’s application to join the bloc and whether or not to begin formal accession negotiations.
According to RUV sources it is not believed the ongoing Icesave dispute with the UK and the Netherlands will have any impact on the EU decision next Thursday.
The final agenda for the leaders’ summit will not be made public until Friday or the beginning of next week.
Many within Iceland had hoped the EU decision would not come on that day, with both pro and anti-EU voices feeling it is unnecessarily divisive to receive such important EU news on the National Day.
Come on guys, the EU is a good thing! Iceland will of course keep its culture either way, nobody is taking that from you. With some more integration and the EU patent in force, maybe we’ll all get the next iPhone at the same time.
do the people of iceland want to join the eu, will there be a referendum, or will the icelandic government drag their people into the eu. i hope they keep their independence, much better that, than being dictated to by a bunch of foreigners living hundreds of miles away in another country.
“It will be the death kneel of all that we hold dear in our culture and once again we will lose our independence and be subjugated to foreign interests.”
Yeah, say that to Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Baltic States…
I pray that we do not join the EU. It will be the death kneel of all that we hold dear in our culture and once again we will lose our independence and be subjugated to foreign interests. We are a tiny island with a tiny population. The Eurozone is about to collapse, then where will we be? Please do not sell us out.
Good luck.