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Iceland : The 28th member state of the European Union ? – Le Taurillon

www.treffpunkteuropa.de Iceland : The 28th member state of the European Union ? – Le Taurillon

Iceland is facing a major decision, with a referendum on their potential EU membership, which will be held by 2027. This debate touches upon issues such as immigration, economics and sovereignty. But…

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That would be cool
They may have to race Norway for it.
Be wise, keep your currency.
Shengen would be cool for foreigners but i don't see what Iceland has to gain with it or anything else, really.
- Why keep national currency? Having one currency across the entire Bloc has the advantage that you don't have to exchange currencies.
  
  With all the disadvantages, namely you lose monetary sovereignty and just because it's the same currency doesn't mean it's worth the same across the bloc.
- I am not sure the EU still allows membership without switching to the Euro
  
  Country has to make a promise to switch to Euro, but there is no deadline whatsoever :)
  
  Oh, it certainly does. There's ERM II, but the deadline is lax.
  
  Dunno either...UK did it, maybe the EU changed the rules so they can better control the states, wouldn't surprise me. Iceland cold pull a Norway though, probably a better approach.
- Iceland is already part of Schengen, and the EEA.
I thought they were already! Didn't realise visa would be needed.

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