This column follows on from my column yesterday (issue 9947) and the day before (issue 9946) on the idea of a two-speed EU and the UK's position.
Iceland's motives. Iceland's application to join the EU has been welcomed with lashings of official enthusiasm but this enthusiasm has been largely in one direction, expressed by the EU institutions (the European Commission and the Presidency of the Council) with not much excitement from Iceland itself. The vote at the Icelandic parliament was not...