Iceland: enlargement talks on hold

In May 2013, Iceland's new coalition government put on hold the accession talks with the EU, opened in June 2010. It dissolved the country's EU Negotiation Committee and announced that an assessment of the negotiations would be submitted to the Parliament – the Althingi.

ESO: Background Information: Iceland and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/iceland-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Iceland dissolves EU accession team http://www.europeansources.info/record/iceland-dissolves-eu-accession-team/

ESO: Background Information: Iceland walks out on EU membership talks http://www.europeansources.info/record/iceland-walks-out-on-eu-membership-talks/

ESO: Background Information: 'EU clock is ticking,' Iceland told http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-clock-is-ticking-iceland-told/

ESO: Background information: Too cold to handle: EU accession talks with Iceland http://www.europeansources.info/record/too-cold-to-handle-eu-accession-talks-with-iceland/

ESO: Background information: Iceland slows down enlargement talks http://www.europeansources.info/record/iceland-slows-down-enlargement-talks-2/

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