13/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - Clarification needed on IPA pre-accession funding. Following the announcement of the suspension of Iceland's process of accession to the EU (see EUROPE 10920), and in response to a question from EUROPE regarding the instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA) and the funds already paid out, the spokesperson for Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle said, on Friday 13 September, that “the European Commission (was) in the...