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25/05/2012
The next steps in Iceland´s accession process were the main topic on the agenda of the two days visit of Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle in Iceland. His visit coincided with the vote in the Icelandic Parliament on holding a referendum about the continuation of accession negotiations: "Iceland's fate is in its own hands and Iceland decided to maintain its move towards the EU," Commissioner Füle said following the decision of the Parliament not to hold a referendum at this point in time. He pointed out that he was generally in favour of a referendum but the work of those ones involved in negotiating Iceland's accession should also be respected and a referendum should be held once there is an offer of the accession on the table. He stressed that such an offer would take into account Iceland's specificities and would respect its identity and heritage while fully respecting the principles of the EU aquis.
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle will visit Iceland on Thursday and Friday to discuss efforts for the forthcoming period in the accession negotiations. Less than a year since the start of substantive membership negotiations there is steady progress with 15 chapters opened, 10 already provisionally closed and next chapters being prepared to be tackled. "Negotiations with Iceland are progressing well. We expect to open further negotiating chapters at the next Intergovernmental Conference on 22 June. Achievements so far bode well for the more sensitive issues ahead, and I hope to see progress in more policy areas by the end of the year," Commissioner Füle said in Strasbourg before leaving for Reykjavik.
- 23/05/12 - Š.Fule to visit Iceland
- 23/05/12 - Š.Fule to visit Iceland
- 22/05/12 - ENP Package: Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy Füle at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
- 22/05/12 - ENP Package: Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy Füle at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
- 23/05/12 - Š.Fule to visit Iceland
- 23/05/12 - Š.Fule to visit Iceland
- 22/05/12 - ENP Package: Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy Füle at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
- 22/05/12 - Ukraine: European Neighbourhood Policy Commissioner Füle Statement on the case of Yulia Tymoshenko
- 22/05/12 - ENP Package: Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy Füle at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
- 22/05/12 - Ukraine: European Neighbourhood Policy Commissioner Füle Statement on the case of Yulia Tymoshenko
- 15/05/12 - 15th EU-Ukraine Cooperation Council : Remarks by Commissioner Füle
- 15/05/12 - European Neighbourhood Policy Package : Remarks by Commissioner Füle
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