January
30th 2009
Posted under Europe & Sovereignty and Secession
According to Iceland Review, Iceland could become the 29th member of the EU as early as 2011.
Odd to see “left-Greens” stated as the chief opposition against digestion:
The Social Democrat’s official policy has been generally favorable towards Iceland’s application the EU, while the Left-Greens have remained opposed to EU membership throughout the crisis. If the EU matter is put to national referendum, recent polling data indicates that the vote would be very close.Capacent Gallup’s poll from January 18 shows that 38.3 percent of Icelanders would like to Iceland join the EU while 37.7 percent are against membership.
roho on 31 Jan 2009 at 1:11 pm #
The photos at Iceland’s web site make me want to vacation there. I thought that they had established themselves in some aspect of the electronics industry at one time, and now bankrupt?
Weaver on 31 Jan 2009 at 9:45 pm #
Roho,
It’s incredibly beautiful, as are the people, but somewhat barren and rugged too, which folks like us might like but urbanites are usually dissatisfied. You’d call it, ah, natural beauty I suppose rather than, err, “beautiful” concrete and glass monstrosities.
I haven’t been there yet, but an extended family uncle of mine went there and didn’t think much of it (he likes NYC btw). But then a guy I used to work with went, and he could only talk of how many blondes there were, haha.
Icelanders who flee it complain of it being like a small town where everyone knows everyone else.
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I’d very much like to learn Icelandic and Gaelic.
Faroese (Faroe Islands) too maybe, which is really like a “small town nation” haha.
Weaver on 31 Jan 2009 at 10:13 pm #
Look at this map from the website: map.
Read the bubble on how to become a man, lol!
I bet a lot of them swim it too, with some not making it.
Bill Lussenheide on 01 Feb 2009 at 12:58 am #
Another country that is losing its sovereignity due to the malfeasance of bankers.
Iceland was, at one point, one of the most prosperous of countries in the region. Due to reckless lending by its banks, which at one point exceeded the annual GDP of the nation by a margin of SIX TO ONE, a huge collapse occurred.
The “bailout loan” from the IMF carries an interest rate of a staggering 18%. Minimized, the proud people of Iceland have little alternative than having to allow itself to be absorbed by the EU.