Press Release from EPP President Wilfried Marthens about EU Membership for Iceland
The following is a Press Release from the European People’s Party regarding Iceland’s membership application to join the European Union.
Iceland’s Prime Minister’s statement on decision to apply for EU membership
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland’s Prime Minister and leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats issued the following statement on the decision of...
Icelandic Foreign ministry on European Union accession negotiations vote
The Parliament of Iceland voted today in favour of applying for membership of the European Union. This follows a resolution proposal submitted by the ...
Iceland will send an application to join the EU
Today the Icelandic Parliament has voted “yes” to start official negotiations to apply for European Union membership. The votes were clos...
Iceland has mixed feelings about EU Membership
Political parties within Iceland are either disagreeing or in support of the possible European Union membership proposal, a decision made by the Icela...
Parliament discusses EU membership today
The Icelandic Parliament, known locally as Althingi, will have a meeting today at 10:30 local time (UTC 0). The main focus will be discussion about m...
Sweden faces tough road with EU presidency
As Sweden assumes the presidency of the European Union today, it inherits financial crisis, a tenuous balance of power in the region, and major concer...
Swedish beaches flunk EU quality tests
The European Commission’s yearly report on the quality of Europe’s beaches has revealed that eight Swedish swimming areas did not meet the minimum wat...