The political and economic situation of Iceland in the conte xt of EU application withdrawal

• Authors: Pokrzycka Lidia
• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Under the influence of the crisis of 17 July 2009, Iceland presented its application for accession to the European Union, and a year later began accession negotiations. However, a problematic issue is catch limits as instead of 200‑mile fishing belt they won during the Cod Wars there would be just 12 miles of fisheries intended for Icelanders. Therefore, the accession negotiations stood at a standstill, the more that the current situation of the euro does not encourage Iceland to join the EU. Recently it turned out that Iceland does not want to join the European Union. In this article, I introduce arguments for and against Iceland joining the European Union. I introduce the economic, political and social situationin Iceland based on my own research on the island from 2010. In 2013, I completed a journalism internship in the editorial team of the Icelandic weekly Reykjavik Grapevine.

Keywords

EN

Iceland; economy situation; European Union application withdrawal

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 49
• Pages: 189-202

Contributors

author

Pokrzycka Lidia

Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/Politeja.14.2017.49.12