Jack Power
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And because they were already part of
you know, the EU single market, things like the Schengen area, which allows borderless, border-free checks when you travel, that basically those negotiations moved pretty quickly at the time.
But basically for...
A number of different reasons in late 2013, Iceland decided to basically hit the pause button on its EU membership talks, in part because a more Euro-sceptic or less Euro-enthusiastic government took over.
But also, you know, you remember at the time, you know, that was in the teeth of the financial crash, which Iceland were hit pretty devastatingly by.
Yeah, I think it's, and I was chatting to a few people in Iceland for some reporting I was doing recently talking about this.
And funny enough, they were kind of saying that the debate in Iceland hasn't really...
kicked off in earnest I mean they're having a referendum this August at the end of August to basically ask the question should we restart these EU accession negotiations and so it's not a you know we're not at the point of an in-out question as you had with Brexit it's a question about a vote to restart the talks rather than enter It sounds like they're having a referendum to have a referendum
A little bit, yeah, because there will be another vote if this one goes ahead and they say, OK, grand, let's kick off back where we started, talking with Brussels officials about the various different lengthy and winding negotiations that go into joining the EU bloc.
And then after all that, the Icelandic government...
would effectively present whatever deal they'd got back to the people to say, OK, now here is what we have on the table.
Should we become members of the European Union?
And that negotiation process, as I said, because they're already quite aligned, could be pretty quick.
But there's some very big sticking points.
As you said, the experience of the financial crash will probably escalate.
They'll resonate with people.
But the real big one is fish and fishery.
So at the moment, Iceland obviously has a huge economic area from which it can fish and fishing waters.
I mean, that's one of their biggest and main exports.
And part of the lifeblood of the Icelandic economy is their fishing sector and their fishing industry.
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