Iceland definitively dropped its EU membership bid on Thursday (12 March), nearly six years after having made the demand.
"The government of Iceland has no intentions to resume accession talks", country’s foreign affair minister, Gunnar Sveinsson, wrote in a letter to enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn and Latvia’s foreign affairs minister Edgars Rinkevics.
Talks were suspended in May 2013 after a centre-right coalition, opposed to EU membership, had come to power.
By th...
Enjoy access to all articles and 25 years of archives, comment and gift articles. Become a member for as low as €1,75 per week.
Already a member? Login