Islândia prefere ficar de fora da EU

Islândia desiste da entrar na União Europeia, considerando que os seus interesses nacionais são melhor servidos fora da União.

Islândia retira candidatura de adesão à União Europeia - Globo - DN

“Iceland’s interests are better served outside the European Union,” Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, the Icelandic foreign minister, said in a letter to the European Commission and the Latvian presidency of the Council of the EU.

Iceland, along with Norway, is part of the European Economic Area (EEA), which gives it access to the EU single market. In return, Iceland must follow most areas of EU law, but it does not get a vote in deciding those laws because it is not an EU member.

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/iceland-drops-eu-bid/