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**TineSeign** · 07-27-2009, 07:51 PM

Will they still be allowed to kill whales if they are part of the EU?

**VUzgOhgv** · 07-27-2009, 10:04 PM

We should demand we have our cod back!

**Infiseeenvelp** · 07-27-2009, 10:13 PM

We should demand we have our cod back!

To whom would you address your demand?

**TZids16I** · 07-27-2009, 10:19 PM

In the very near future, it should be a favorable time to rewrite and resubmit the new constitution.

Ireland and the EU newcomers probably are getting religion too.

**seervezex** · 07-28-2009, 01:48 AM

I thought only Bjork and the Lazytown dude lived there

**BinasiDombrs** · 07-28-2009, 03:13 PM

Well, two's company, three's a crowd after all

**Jon Woodgate** · 07-28-2009, 06:14 PM

If Iceland joins that would make Norway the only Nordic country not in the EU. It also leaves them in the economic community just with Switzerland if I remember right.

Does this make a Norwegian bid for membership more likley?

I doubt it. Norway already gets all the upsides to membership (free trade, etc...) while completely ignoring the downsides (like the fact that Norway would be a "have" country which would have to pay to support "have not" countries) so they're unlikely to push for full membership. I mean why would Norway want to send its oil money to support lazy French farmers and eastern Europeans when I'm sure its own politicians have 20 ways they'd like to spend the cash already?

**janeemljr** · 07-28-2009, 11:48 PM

I yield to your superior expertise.

Oh, and doesn't Turkey have free trade with the EU even though it is not a member?

**Badyalectlawl** · 07-29-2009, 07:37 AM

I'm not seeing how all this makes the financial crisis a EUish plot to get new members. (Perhaps because I'm not a conspirational theorist...)

**constanyiskancho** · 07-29-2009, 10:13 AM

You've got a lot of money tied up in those?

We should discuss Icelandic ladies in fishnet stockings.

**logpogingg** · 08-04-2009, 12:42 AM

out of EU

into EU

**Lkemybab** · 08-04-2009, 01:24 AM

The EU is good in theory. It's just that it's a dictatorship of bureaucrats, lawyers and politicians who couldn't get elected in the national elections and are using the EU as an arena for revenge.

I don't know enough about Iceland to know whether EU membership will help them or not. Norway will not join for a long time at least. They are on their way to becoming Saudi Arabia.

**payloansday** · 08-04-2009, 10:18 AM

Thank you for your insight, Sloww.

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Jon Woodgate Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	If Iceland joins that would make Norway the only Nordic country not in the EU. It also leaves them in the economic community just with Switzerland if I remember right. Does this make a Norwegian bid for membership more likley? I doubt it. Norway already gets all the upsides to membership (free trade, etc...) while completely ignoring the downsides (like the fact that Norway would be a "have" country which would have to pay to support "have not" countries) so they're unlikely to push for full membership. I mean why would Norway want to send its oil money to support lazy French farmers and eastern Europeans when I'm sure its own politicians have 20 ways they'd like to spend the cash already? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Lkemybab Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	The EU is good in theory. It's just that it's a dictatorship of bureaucrats, lawyers and politicians who couldn't get elected in the national elections and are using the EU as an arena for revenge. I don't know enough about Iceland to know whether EU membership will help them or not. Norway will not join for a long time at least. They are on their way to becoming Saudi Arabia. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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payloansday Join Date Dec 2005 Posts 605 Senior Member	Thank you for your insight, Sloww. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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