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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9831

3 February 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iceland
New government sets up parliamentary committee to assess impact of future EU accession

Brussels, 02/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - EU accession remains a serious option for Iceland, even if its new centre left government, led by Social Democrat Johanna Sigurdardottir, (who took up her post on 1 February), is not planning to submit a request for accession in the immediate future. A spokesperson for the Icelandic government, Kristjan Kristjansson told EUROPE on 2 February that “so far, the new government has no plan to apply for membership but will have a thorough look at the...

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