While European Union (EU) accession talks have been put on ice by the government, the EU offices in Iceland plan on continuing its work here. As reported by ruv.is, the EU ambassador to Iceland will keep the offices open but they will now mainly operate through the EEA Agreement.
The EU Delegation office in Iceland was established in January 2010 under the political leadership of the Social Democrats and Left Greens. Now that the Independents and the Progressives have motioned for Iceland’s EU application to be withdrawn, the EU office affairs will be minimized whilst staying operative. The EU ambassador to Iceland, Matthias Brinkmann, told ruv.is that interaction between Iceland and the EU is in good standing and Iceland and the Union are in an agreement on a variety of issues.
The ruling Icelandic coalition government of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and the Independence party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) wants to withdraw the EU membership application. That proposal has been met with strong resistance and vocal protests outside the parliament building.
More than 53.000 people have signed a petition calling for a national referendum on national referendum to decide how to proceed with the EU talks.
While European Union (EU) accession talks have been put on ice by the government, the EU offices in Iceland plan on continuing its work here. As reported by ruv.is, the EU ambassador to Iceland will keep the offices open but they will now mainly operate through the EEA Agreement.
The EU Delegation office in Iceland was established in January 2010 under the political leadership of the Social Democrats and Left Greens. Now that the Independents and the Progressives have motioned for Iceland’s EU application to be withdrawn, the EU office affairs will be minimized whilst staying operative. The EU ambassador to Iceland, Matthias Brinkmann, told ruv.is that interaction between Iceland and the EU is in good standing and Iceland and the Union are in an agreement on a variety of issues.
The ruling Icelandic coalition government of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and the Independence party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) wants to withdraw the EU membership application. That proposal has been met with strong resistance and vocal protests outside the parliament building.
More than 53.000 people have signed a petition calling for a national referendum on national referendum to decide how to proceed with the EU talks.
