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The Nordic country is a very special case. It would be foolish to draw hasty conclusions from this referendum result
The Nordic country is a very special case. It would be foolish to draw hasty conclusions from this referendum resultHowever, as your editorial points out, Iceland is a member of Nato, Ireland is not, and hence they probably saw this as sufficient protection against any US attempts to usurp by force part of its sovereignty.
And as a result, did not consider the latter as decisive a consideration as some might have expected. Iceland also has access to the EU single market via its membership of the European Economic Area. Not being an EU member state, though, means it must abide, and continue to abide, by all rules applying there, to which they had/have no input. EV public charging price rises: can I save money by shopping around?
Besides, Iceland has become one of the richest countries in Europe, with fish accounting for about 40 per cent of its exports. It was always going to be difficult then to win a vote to begin discussions on changing current arrangements, which could in time significantly impact these exports. In other words, Iceland is a very special case, and hence it would be foolish to draw hasty conclusions from this referendum result.
– Yours, etc,Sir, – It’s interesting to note that the majority vote of the Icelandic population not to reopen talks for European Union membership is being described as the “democratic will” of the people. GP and elderly mother awarded €12k over Dundrum clinic receptionist’s ‘disrespectful’ conductMost primary and secondary students refused to go to school at least once last year‘Loneliness has become a feature of my life since turning 30′Children are turning to AI for advice. We have terrifying examples of where this can lead
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