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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10850

23 May 2013
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) iceland
Referendum before continuing negotiations

Strasbourg, 22/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 22 May, the two winning parties in Iceland's parliamentary elections on 27 April (see EUROPE 10837) - the Progressive Party and the Independence Party - announced their intention to organise a referendum before continuing accession negotiations with the EU. “We will not continue the accession negotiations with the European Union until a referendum has taken place”, they state. The new government said that it must assess the progress of the...

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