Future Depends on Europe

Fréttarblaðið reports today that the members of the Progressive Party claim that Iceland’s future depends on a closer relationship with other European nations. In a special statement the Party submitted to the European Committee they argue that Icelandic authorities can’t deny the fact that the most important international cooperation the country is part of, is a close collaboration with Europe. Hjálmar Árnason, a member of the Progressive Party and a representative on the European Committee, told Fréttablaðið that a European Union membership isn’t timely at the moment but that it would however be unprofessional to rule out a possible membership in the future. The members of The Left-Green Movement and the Independence Party have issued a joint statement rejecting all plans of a EU membership. The representatives of The Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Alliance haven’t expressed their opinions yet.