EU kick-starts Iceland’s accession

Iceland’s bid to join the European Union received a boost on the 27 July 2009 when the 27-nation bloc’s foreign ministers agreed without delay to ask the European Commission for its opinion on the application.

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European Commission: DG Enlargement: Potential candidates: Iceland http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/potential-candidate-countries/iceland/index_en.htm

The Economist, No.8641, 25.7.09: Iceland and the European Union. All things to Althingi http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14098419

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 27.7.09: Council conclusions on Enlargement http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/109364.pdf

ESO: Background information: Iceland says ready to complete EU talks by 2011 http://www.europeansources.info/record/iceland-says-ready-to-complete-eu-talks-by-2011/

BBC News, 27.7.09: EU ministers support Iceland bid http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8171005.stm

Deutsche Welle, 27.7.09: Iceland confident about EU membership talks http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4520132,00.html

EurActiv, 1.9.09: Iceland braced for EU savings payback http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/iceland-braced-eu-savings-payback/article-184988

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