Last week I spoke to Ossur Skarphedinsson, the Foreign Minister of Iceland, to congratulate him on his country's decision to apply to join the EU. I said that the UK was a strong supporter of this application and wanted to see Iceland as a full member as soon as possible. Iceland is of course a small European country with deep democratic roots but which has been hit hard by the global financial and economic crisis. The application is a vote of confidence that the prospect of joining the EU can help them emerge more quickly from the crisis.
Posted at 16:36 22 July 2009 by David Miliband | Comments[3]
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