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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10157
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iceland

Way seems open to accession negotiations

Brussels, 10/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - Following the COREPER meeting on Wednesday afternoon 9 June at which Iceland's request to join the EU was discussed, it seems very likely that the European Council next week (17 June) will give political approval for accession talks to begin in the near future. Noting the Commission's positive opinion on Iceland's application, member states' permanent representatives came out firmly in favour of opening negotiations with Reykjavik. It was only the UK...

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