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Too cold to handle: EU accession talks with Iceland. CEPS Commentary, 3 June 2013

Blockmans, Steven (2013) Too cold to handle: EU accession talks with Iceland. CEPS Commentary, 3 June 2013. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Recent opinion polls suggest that most Icelanders are against joining the EU. By the same token, however, a majority of those polled are in favour of continuing accession talks. These results show that Iceland’s relationship with the EU is a deeply divisive issue within the country. Although no date for the referendum has been set, the new centre-right coalition may thus want to settle this matter as soon as possible. Should there indeed be a majority in support of continuing negotiations, then Iceland’s accession process will become a complicated and cool affair in the hands of an anti-EU membership coalition government.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Treaty reform > enlargement
    Countries > Iceland
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Commentaries
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 25 Jun 2013 21:15
    Number of Pages: 3
    Last Modified: 25 Jun 2013 21:15
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/42463

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