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Is that the author's own clarification? That lessens my confidence in him. Yes, it is a EU candidate country, but its formal ties to the EU (EEA, Schengen, etc)
by psykotic 15y ago
Is that the author's own clarification? That lessens my confidence in him. Yes, it is a EU candidate country, but its formal ties to the EU (EEA, Schengen, etc) have been much closer and longer-lasting than those of any other candidate country. Listing Iceland in that group gives the wrong impression.
- arethuza 15y agoIndeed, my understanding is that the only reason that Iceland wasn't a member of the EU before was that they didn't want to be until recently. For example, compare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Iceland_to_the_European_Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Iceland_to_the_Eur... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_European_Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_Euro... Personally, I would love to see Turkey in the EU but they have got a lot more work to do than somewhere like Iceland.