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Thu 02 Feb 2010European Commission calls for Iceland accession talks to begin
THE EUROPEAN Commission has called on EU leaders to open accession talks with Iceland, days ahead of a key referendum in that country on a controversial deal to repay €3.8 billion to Britain and the Netherlands for deposits lost in Iceland’s banking meltdown.
Although the EU executive’s decision could open a path for Reykjavik to join the union around the same time as Croatia in 2012, contentious questions remain to be resolved around the opening of Iceland’s valuable fishing waters to European competitors.
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