Iceland and the European Union: so Near and yet so Far
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Forward Iceland, a movement that believes Iceland's interests are best served outside the European Union, recently posted a video on social media claiming that the president's right to appeal would disappear with EU membership. The video is now nowhere to be found on the movement's media. "Did you know that if we join the European Union, our president is basically just a figurehead?" the video said. "Today...
Iceland and the European Union: so near and yet so far
On August 29 Iceland is voting by referendum whether or not to resume EU membership negotiations, suspended since 2013. We travelled to the volcanic island to investigate the pros and cons, fears, hopes, expectations and doubts - and discovered a hotly polarised society.
On 29 August, Iceland will vote by referendum on whether to resume negotiations for EU accession, which were originally launched in 2009.
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Lawyers are not saying that the Icelandic president will lose his right to appeal if Iceland joins the European Union, as could be understood from a video by Áfram Ísland that is being circulated on social media. "Today, the president can appeal to the people and allow them to vote, like in Icesave. But if we join the European Union, this part of democracy would just be taken away from us," the video says. A video clip that Áfram Ísland publishe…
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