Iceland on course for the EU: Accession as a last resort

The course is set for Europe. Iceland is likely to apply for full membership of the European Union following the victory of the Social Democratic Alliance led by prime minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir in the general elections of 25th April. However, it seems unlikely that Iceland will eventually acce...

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Main Author: Schymik, Carsten
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) 2009
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spelling ftzbwkiel:oai:econstor.eu:10419/256080 2023-12-10T09:49:48+01:00 Iceland on course for the EU: Accession as a last resort Schymik, Carsten 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/256080 eng eng Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Series: SWP Comments No. 5/2009 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/256080 RePEc:zbw:swpcom:52009 http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen ddc:320 doc-type:report 2009 ftzbwkiel 2023-11-13T00:41:48Z The course is set for Europe. Iceland is likely to apply for full membership of the European Union following the victory of the Social Democratic Alliance led by prime minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir in the general elections of 25th April. However, it seems unlikely that Iceland will eventually accept the terms of membership. Three factors militate against Icelandic EU membership: time, fish and the euroscepticism of the political elite. Germany is nevertheless well advised to welcome Iceland's move towards the EU and to be as accommodating as possible in the course of the accession process Report Iceland EconStor (German National Library of Economics, ZBW)
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