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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9802

12 December 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iceland
Commission expects Iceland to request to join the EU

Brussels, 11/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - In 2009, the European Commission is expecting Iceland to submit a request to join the European Union. Olli Rehn, the EU Enlargement Commissioner, is reported by Reuters as saying on Thursday that he was preparing psychologically for Iceland to ask to join the EU. Quizzed about when the accession process would start (Iceland is already part of the European Economic Area), he said 'it is more music for early next year.' It is the Icelandic government that...

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